How is it to eat Qurbani-meat in Muharram-ul-Haraam?

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What do respected scholars and Muftis of Islam say about the following issue, I have the meat of Qurbani at my home. Few days back, one of my relatives came to my home and said to me, ‘The meat of Qurbani should be consumed before Muharram-ul-Haraam because it is a sin to eat this meat in Muharram’. My questions are, how long can the meat of Qurbani be consumed, and is it really a sin to eat it in Muharram? Please guide me about them.

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

It is Mustahab to eat the meat of Qurbani and to feed it to others as well. And it is preferable to divide all meat into three shares. One share should be given to the poor, one to the friends and relatives and one should be kept for one’s own family. If he keeps all meat at his home and his family consumes it, there is still no harm in it. This meat can be kept and consumed for as long as one wishes.

According to Shari’ah, it is not necessary to consume it before Muharram. In the initial period of Islam, it was forbidden to keep this meat for more than three days but this [prohibition] was repealed later on. Therefore, the Qurbani-performing person as well as the one to whom the meat has been given by him, can both keep and consume it for as long as they wish. Remember! The person who says that it is a sin to eat the meat of Qurbani in Muharram, actually tells a wrong ruling merely on the basis of his guess without research and telling a wrong ruling merely on the basis of guess without research is impermissible and a sin. It is Wajib for him to repent.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Fuzail Raza Attari