Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibnal-Khattab said, "Beware of meat. It has addictiveness like theaddictiveness of wine."Yahya related to me from Malik fromYahya ibn Said that Umar ibn al-Khattab saw Jabir ibn Abdullahcarrying some meat. He said, "What is this?" He said, "Amir al-muminin. We desired meat and I bought some meat for a dirham." Umarsaid, "Does one of you want to fill his belly apart from his neighbouror nephew? How can you overlook this ayat? 'You squandered your goodthings in the life of this world and sought comfort in them.' " (Sura46 ayat 20).
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 49, Hadith 36
Arabic reference: Book 49, Hadith 1710