Umar on Meat: Beware of being addicted to eating meat

Yahya ibn Sa’id reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Beware of eating too much meat, for it can be as addictive as wine.”

Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 3450

Grade: Hasan li ghayrihi (fair due to external evidence) according to Al-San’ani

عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رضي الله عنه قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَاللَّحْمَ فَإِنَّ لَهُ ضَرَاوَةً كَضَرَاوَةِ الْخَمْرِ

3450 موطأ مالك رواية يحيى ما جاء في أكل اللحم

7/596 المحدث الصنعاني خلاصة حكم المحدث موقوف حسن لغيره في التحبير لإيضاح معاني التيسير

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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