A man called the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: We used to sacrifice Atirah in pre-Islamic days during Rajab; so what do you command us? He said: Sacrifice for the sake of Allah in any month whatever; obey Allah, Most High, and feed(the people). He said: We used to sacrifice a Fara' in pre-Islamic days, so what do you command us? He said: On every pasturing animal there is a Fara' which is fed by your cattle till it becomes strong and capable of carrying load. The narrator Nasr said (in his version): When it becomes capable of carrying load of the pilgrims, you may slaughter it and give its meat as charity (sadaqah). The narrator Khalid's version says: You (may give it) to the travellers, for it is better. Khalid said: I asked AbuQilabah: How many pasturing animals? He replied: One hundred. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2830)   

نَادَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَعْتِرُ عَتِيرَةً فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي رَجَبٍ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ اذْبَحُوا لِلَّهِ فِي أِيِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ وَبِرُّوا لِلَّهِ وَأَطْعِمُوا قَالَ إِنَّا كُنَّا نُفَرِّعُ فَرَعًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ فَرَعٌ تَغْذُوهُ مَاشِيَتُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَجْمَلَ ذَبَحْتَهُ فَتَصَدَّقْتَ بِلَحْمِهِ قَالَ خَالِدٌ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ عَلَى ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ قَالَ خَالِدٌ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي قِلَابَةَ كَمِ السَّائِمَةُ؟ قَالَ مِائَةٌ كَذَا قَالَهُ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the distribution of one sheep for every fifty, as mentioned in my book and in the narration of Hajjaj ibn Muhammad and others, according to Ibn Jurayj, one sheep for every five. Hammad ibn Salama narrated it from Abdullah bin Uthman bin Khuthaym, and he said, "One sheep for every fifty."  

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْفَرَعَةِ مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ كَذَا فِي كِتَابِي وَفِي رِوَايَةِ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ فِي كُلِّ خَمْسٍ وَاحِدَةٌ وَرَوَاهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ وَقَالَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ شَاةً شَاةٌ  

On his father's authority, said that his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the aqiqah. He replied: Allah does not like the breaking of ties (uquq), as though he disliked the name. And he said: If anyone has a child born to him and wishes to offer a sacrifice on its behalf, he may offer two resembling sheep for a boy and one for a girl. And he was asked about fara'. He replied: Fara' is right. If you leave it (i.e. let it grow till it becomes a healthy camel of one year or two years, then you give it to a widow or give it in the path of Allah for using it as a riding beast, it is better than slaughtering it at the age when its meat is stuck to its hair, and you turn over your milking vessel and annoy your she-camel. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2842)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَعَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أُرَاهُ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَذَكَرَهُ وَقَالَ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْفَرَعِ قَالَ وَالْفَرَعُ حَقٌّ وَأَنْ تَتْرُكُوهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ بَكْرًا شَعُوبًا ابْنَ مَخَاضٍ أَوِ ابْنَ لَبُونٍ فَتُعْطِيَهُ أَرْمَلَةً أَوْ تَحْمِلَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَذْبَحَهُ فَيَلْزَقَ لَحْمُهُ بِوَبَرِهِ تَكْفَأَ إِنَاءَكَ وَتُوَلِّهَ نَاقَتَكَ  

[Machine] I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ in Arafah and he was asked about sacrificing an animal (aqeeqah). He said, "I dislike disobedience (to parents). Whoever has a child and wishes to sacrifice (an animal) on his behalf, let him do so." He was asked about sacrificing a castrated animal (al-‘ateerah). He said, "It is permissible." He was asked about dividing meat (al-fara'). He said, "It is permissible, but it is not done by slaughtering one sheep on top of another. Rather, it is done by feeding the younger one of the two (sheep), until it reaches the age of biloonee or mukhadh, meaning that you slaughter it." This is better than being extravagant with your utensil and giving it to your camel and slaughtering it, so that its meat gets mixed with its hair. This hadith was narrated by 'Abdul-Jabbar ibn al-'Ala from Sufyan, who said in the narration: "And leaving it under its mother until it becomes a biloonee or mukhadh."  

شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ لَا أُحِبُّ الْعُقُوقَ وَمَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْهُ فَلْيَنْسُكْ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْعَتِيرَةِ فَقَالَ حَقٌّ وَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْفَرَعِ فَقَالَ حَقٌّ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَنْ تَذْبَحَهُ عُرَاةً مِنْ عُرَاةٍ وَلَكِنْ تُمَكِّنُهُ مِنْ مَالِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ ابْنَ لَبُونٍ أَوِ ابْنَ مَخَاضٍ زُخْرُبًّا يَعْنِي ذَبَحْتَهُ وَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَكْفَأَ إِنَاءَكَ وَتُوَلِّهَ نَاقَتَكَ وَتَذْبَحَهُ يَخْتَلِطُ لَحْمُهُ بِشَعَرِهِ وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَأَنْ تَتْرُكَهُ تَحْتَ أُمِّهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ ابْنَ لَبُونٍ أَوِ ابْنَ مَخَاضٍ  

[Machine] He said, "I came to the Prophet ﷺ in Arafat or Mina and the people had already circled it (the Kaaba). So he mentioned the Hadith in which a man asked him about 'Atirah (a type of hairstyle). The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'Whoever wishes can 'atir (perform it), and whoever wishes may not 'atir. Whoever wishes can make a frra' (a certain type of braid), and whoever wishes may not frra'. Then he mentioned about the sacrifice of sheep and described it to us while pointing with one finger of his hand."  

قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ أَوْ قَالَ بِمِنًى وَقَدْ أَطَافَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فِيهِ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنِ الْعَتِيرَةِ فَقَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ عَتَرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَعْتِرْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَرَّعَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُفَرِّعْ وَقَالَ فِي الْغَنَمِ أُضْحِيَّتُهَا وَوَصَفَ لَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَاحِدَةً  

[Machine] He said: O Messenger of Allah, we used to slaughter sacrifices in the time of ignorance and we would eat from them and feed whoever came to us. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no harm in that. Waki' said: I never abandoned it. Another narrated it from Abu Awanah and he said: We used to slaughter in the month of Rajab.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ذَبَائِحَ فَنَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَنُطْعِمُ مَنْ جَاءَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ لَا أَدَعُهَا أَبَدًا وَرَوَاهُ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ فَقَالَ ذَبَحْنَا فِي رَجَبٍ  

"We were standing with the Prophet ﷺ at 'Arafat when I heard him say: 'O you people! For every household each year is Udhiyah (sacrifice) and 'Atirah. Do you know what an 'Atirah is ? It is that which you call Ar-Rajabiyyah.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1518)   

كُنَّا وُقُوفًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ أُضْحِيَّةٌ وَعَتِيرَةٌ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الْعَتِيرَةُ؟ هِيَ الَّتِي تُسَمَّى الرَّجَبِيَّةَ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "There is no division or mutual cursing."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا فَرَعَةَ وَلَا عَتِيرَةَ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet Muhammad, he said, "There is neither 'Fara' nor 'Atirah'. And 'Fara' is the first produce that was brought forth for them, which they used to sacrifice for their idols, and 'Atirah' was practiced in the month of Rajab."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا فَرَعَ وَلَا عَتِيرَةَ قَالَ وَالْفَرَعُ أَوَّلُ نِتَاجٍ كَانَ يُنْتَجُ لَهُمْ كَانُوا يَذْبَحُونَهُ لِطَوَاغِيتِهِمْ وَالْعَتِيرَةُ فِي رَجَبٍ