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ahmad:15266ʿAttāb > ʿAbdullāh > ʿUmar b. Salamah b. Abīyazīd from my father

[Machine] Jabir narrated that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ entered upon me, and I intended to slaughter a goat. The goat struggled, and the Prophet heard its struggle. He said, "O Jabir, do not cut its throat or its offspring." I said, "O Prophet of Allah, it is just a custom that I have fattened it with dates and ripe dates until it became fat."  

أحمد:١٥٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِييَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَالَ

لِي جَابِرٌ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَمَدْتُ إِلَى عَنْزٍ لِأَذْبَحَهَا فَثَغَتْ فَسَمِعَ ثَغْوَتَهَا فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ لَا تَقْطَعْ دَرًّا وَلَا نَسْلًا فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ عَتُودَةٌ عَلَفْتُهَا الْبَلَحَ وَالرُّطَبَةَ حَتَّى سَمِنَتْ