The Prophet ﷺ said, "The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he presented to his family and would not be considered as Nusuk." A person from the Ansar named Abu Burda bin Niyyar said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer) but I have a young shegoat which is better than an older sheep." The Prophet ﷺ I said, "Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will be not sufficient (as a sacrifice) for anybody else after you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 965)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ السُّنَّةَ وَمَنْ نَحَرَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ قَدَّمَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ لَيْسَ مِنَ النُّسُكِ فِي شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ ذَبَحْتُ وَعِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ اجْعَلْهَا مَكَانَهَا وَلَنْ تُوَفِّيَ أَوْ لَنْ تُجْزِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'This is a sheep of meat.' He then said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a portion of goat meat.' He replied, 'Sacrifice it and it won't be suitable for anyone else.'"  

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ فَقَالَ ضَحِّ بِهَا وَلَا تَصْلُحُ لِغَيْرِكَ  

[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a castrated male goat, should I slaughter it?" He replied, "Slaughter it and it is not permissible for anyone other than you."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ عِنْدِي دَاجِن جَذَعَةً مِنَ الْمَعْزِ فَقَالَ اذْبَحْهَا وَلَا يَصْلُحُ لِغَيْرِكَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed sacrificial animals among his companions, and a stump was left for Uqbah. So I said, "O Messenger of Allah, a stump has been left for me." He said, "Sacrifice it, for it is the wording of a Makkian hadith."  

قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَضَاحِيَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَصَارَتْ لِعُقْبَةَ جَذَعَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ صَارَتْ لِي جَذَعَةٌ فَقَالَ ضَحِّ بِهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مَكِّيٍّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me some sheep that he distributed as sacrifices among his companions. There remained a female camel, so I mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, "Sacrifice it yourself."  

أَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَنَمًا أَقْسِمُهَا ضَحَايَا عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَبَقِيَ مِنْهَا عَتُودٌ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ ضَحِّ بِهَا أَنْتَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah gave me some sheep and I distributed them as sacrifices among my companions. Only a female camel called "Atud" remained. He said to me, "Sacrifice it yourself and do not permit anyone else to sacrifice it after you. This additional rule, if preserved, will be a permission for him (i.e., the companion) as it was a permission for Abu Burdah ibn Niyyar."  

أَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ غَنَمًا أَقْسِمُهَا ضَحَايَا بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِي فَبَقِيَ عَتُودٌ مِنْهَا قَالَ ضَحِّ بِهَا أَنْتَ وَلَا أُرَخِّصُهُ لِأَحَدٍ فِيهَا بَعْدُ فَهَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ إِذَا كَانَتْ مَحْفُوظَةً كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً لَهُ كَمَا رَخَّصَ لِأَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ نِيَارٍ  

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed sheep to his companions, and he gave me a young goat. He said, "Sacrifice it." I said, "Can I sacrifice it? It is a young goat." He said, "Yes, sacrifice it." So, I sacrificed it, according to the narration of Al-Wahbi, but it is not mentioned in the narration of Abu Dawood whether it was a goat or not.  

قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ غَنَمًا فَأَعْطَانِي عَتُودًا جَذَعًا فَقَالَ ضَحِّ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ جَذَعٌ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ أُضَحِّي بِهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ ضَحِّ بِهِ فَضَحَّيْتُ بِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْوَهْبِيِّ وَلَيْسَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ  

“It is permissible to offer a Jadha’a* among sheep as a sacrifice.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3139)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ يُجْزِي فِي الْأَضَاحِيِّ  

[Machine] "We sacrificed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a part of a sheep's trunk. It was narrated by Waki' and Ibn Wahb from Usamah bin Zaid Al-Laythi, who narrated from Mu'adh bin Abdullah bin Khubayb Al-Juhani. He said, 'I asked Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib about the trunk of the sheep, and he said, 'Sacrifice it.''  

ضَحَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِجِذَاعٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ وَرَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ وَابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ الْجَذَعِ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ فَقَالَ ضَحِّ بِهِ  

[Machine] We were on a raid and Mujaashi'u ibn Mas'ood, a companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , was with us or against us. The sheep were lost, so he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The branch will repay from what the second branch repays.'"  

كُنَّا فِي غَزَاةٍ مَعَنْا أَوْ عَلَيْنَا مُجَاشِعُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَزَّتِ الْغَنَمُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يُوفِي الْجَذَعُ مِمَّا يُوفِي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيُّ  

[Machine] He was one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that they were with Mujashi' al-Sulami. The sacrifices were over, and a man from the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'The jadha' (cut-off part of the tail) of the sheep should be cut, as the thyniyah (cut-off part of the ear) is cut.' I see that Sufyan doubts about this narration regarding goats."  

كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ مُجَاشِعٍ السُّلَمِيِّ فَعَزَّتِ الْأَضَاحِيُّ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يُوفِي الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ مَا تُوفِي الثَّنِيَّةُ أُرَاهُ قَالَ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ شَكَّ سُفْيَانُ كَذَا فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The shank of the lamb is as sufficient as its thigh."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْجَذَعَ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ يَفِي مَا تَفِي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيَّةُ  

On the authority of his father: We were with a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ called Mujashi' who belonged to Banu Sulaim. There was a scarcity if goats (in those days). He commanded a man to announce (among the people); so he announced that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: A lamb may be given as full payent for that for which has full-grown animal is payment. Abu Dawud said: His name is Mujashi' b. Mas'ud. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2799)   

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُقَالُ لَهُ مُجَاشِعُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ السُّلَمِيُّ عَزَّتِ الْغَنَمُ فَأَمَرَ مُنَادِيًا فَنَادَى إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْجَذَعَ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ يُوفِي مِمَّا تُوفِي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيَّةُ  

[Machine] From a companion of the Prophet, ﷺ , from Juheina or Muzaina, that they were with the Prophet, ﷺ , one or two days before Eid al-Adha, and they used to give the sheep as thanniyah (a specific type of charity). So the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "The jadha'ah (a different type of charity) rewards as the thanniyah rewards from it."  

عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَوْ مُزَيْنَةَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَبْلَ الْأَضْحَى بِيَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ فَكَانُوا يُعْطُونَ الشَّاتَيْنِ بِالثَّنِيَّةِ فقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْجَذَعَةُ تُجْزِي مِمَّا تُجْزِي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيَّةُ  

[Machine] About Umm Bilal, a woman who converted to Islam, her father was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Hudaybiyah. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Sacrifice the trunk of the sheep, as it is permissible."  

عَنْ أُمِّ بِلَالٍ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ وَكَانَ أَبُوهَا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ضَحُّوا بِالْجَذَعِ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ فَإِنَّهُ جَائِزٌ  

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said that it is permissible to offer a young sheep as a sacrifice. Abu Bakr ibn al-Harith informed us, who was informed by Abu Muhammad ibn Hayyan, who narrated from Ubaidullah ibn Muhammad ibn Sawwad, who narrated from Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami, who narrated from Abu Damrah, and he mentioned it."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ يَجُوزُ الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ أُضْحِيَّةً أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَوَّادٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ ثنا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ فَذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] I brought two young sheep to the city, but they ran away from me. I met Abu Huraira and informed him about what happened. He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The best or most excellent form of sacrifice is a young sheep.'" He also said that people were in a rush to obtain them. I learned from Abu 'Isa Al-Tirmidhi that he said, "Al-Bukhari said..."  

جَلَبْتُ غَنَمًا جِذْعَانًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَسَدَتْ عَلَيَّ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ نِعْمَ أَوْ نِعْمَتِ الْأُضْحِيَّةُ الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ قَالَ فَانْتَهَبَهَا النَّاسُ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ  

[Machine] Jibril, ﷺ , came to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Eid al-Adha and asked, "How do you see our sacrifices?" The Prophet replied, "The people of the heavens take delight in it." Jibril then informed him, "O Muhammad, know that the sacrifice of a young sheep is better than the sacrifice of a camel or a cow. If Allah had known of a better sacrifice, He would have commanded Ibrahim, ﷺ , to offer it. Abu Ja'far al-Sammani also narrated a similar hadith from Ishaq, in which he added that the sacrifice of a young sheep is better than the sacrifice of a goat, and Ishaq mentioned this in his narration even though it has a weak chain of narration."  

جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى فَقَالَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ نُسُكَنَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ لَقَدْ بَاهَى بِهِ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ وَاعْلَمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنَّ الْجَذَعَ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ وَلَوْ عَلِمَ اللهُ ذَبْحًا أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ لَفَدَى بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ السِّمْنَانِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ زَادَ فِيهِ وَالْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ وَإِسْحَاقُ يَنْفَرِدُ بِهِ وَفِي حَدِيثِهِ ضَعْفٌ  

[Machine] Some of the wives of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to say, "I prefer to sacrifice a leg of sheep rather than sacrificing a mature goat." This was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt from Ibn Musayyib from Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet, ﷺ .  

أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ لَأَنْ أُضَحِّيَ بِجَذَعٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ بِمُسِنَّةٍ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قُسَيْطٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] The jurist Abu Al-Fath informed us that Abd al-Rahman al-Shurayhi informed Abu al-Qasim al-Baghawi, who narrated from Abdul A'la ibn Hammad, who narrated from Hammad ibn Salama, who narrated from Qatadah, who narrated from Mutarraf, who narrated from Imran ibn Husayn, who said, "If a thousand camels were to come to us, I would not sacrifice except with a leg from a sheep."  

أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَقِيهُ أَبُو الْفَتْحِ أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الشُّرَيْحِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ ؓ قَالَ لَوْ يَرِدُ عَلَيْنَا أَلْفٌ مِنَ الشَّاءِ لَمَا أُضَحِّي إِلَّا بِجَذَعٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ  

[Machine] A pair of mature, salted rams was presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he sacrificed them.  

أُهْدِيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَبْشَانِ جَذَعَانِ أَمْلَحَانِ فَضَحَّى بِهِمَا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to sacrifice in Madinah sometimes with a cow, and with a sheep if he did not find a cow.  

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُضَحِّي بِالْمَدِينَةِ بِالْجَزُورِ أَحْيَانًا وَبِالْكَبْشِ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ جَزُورًا  

[Machine] 'Aasim An-Nabil narrated from Sufyan, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Al-Hakam, from Miqsam, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet ﷺ was given one hundred camels, among which was a silver nose ring for Abu Jahl ibn Hisham. This was stated in the later part of the book of Hajj, and if it is proven that it is permissible to give male animals as gifts or sacrifices, then Allah knows best.'  

عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيلُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُهْدِيَ مِائَةَ بَدَنَةً فِيهَا جَمَلٌ لِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ فِي أَنْفِهِ بَرَّةٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ قَدْ مَضَى سَائِرُ طُرُقِهِ فِي آخِرِ كِتَابِ الْحَجِّ وَفِيهِ إِنْ ثَبَتَ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى جَوَازِ الذِّكْرِ فِي الْهَدَايَا وَالضَّحَايَا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

I asked the Prophet, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and to fight for His Cause." I then asked, "What is the best kind of manumission (of slaves)?" He replied, "The manumission of the most expensive slave and the most beloved by his master." I said, "If I cannot afford to do that?" He said, "Help the weak or do good for a person who cannot work for himself." I said, "If I cannot do that?" He said, "Refrain from harming others for this will be regarded as a charitable deed for your own good." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2518)   

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أِيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ وَجِهَادٌ فِي سَبِيلِهِ قُلْتُ أِيُّ الرِّقَابِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ أَغْلَاهَا ثَمَنًا وَأَنْفَسُهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ تُعِينُ صَانِعًا أَوْ تَصْنَعُ لِأَخْرَقَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ أَفْعَلْ؟ قَالَ تَدَعُ النَّاسَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ فَإِنَّهَا صَدَقَةٌ تَصَّدَّقُ بِهَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ  

[Machine] I was one of seven with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned the topic of sacrifices. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Verily, the most beloved of sacrifices to Allah are the largest and fattest ones."  

كُنْتُ سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي الْأُضْحِيَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الضَّحَايَا إِلَى اللهِ أَغْلَاهَا وَأَسْمَنُهَا  

[Machine] "And honor and power are in accordance with capability, so what is great is the best."  

وَالْمَعْزِ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْمَيْسَرَةِ فَمَا عَظُمَتْ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ  

[Machine] Narrated Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered for a ewe lamb, which was black with white spots on its feet and face, to be brought. He commanded for it to be used for breeding, to be observed in black wool, and to be sacrificed for its meat. This hadith is mentioned.  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِكَبْشٍ أَقْرَنَ يَطَأُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَنْظُرُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَبْرُكُ فِي سَوَادٍ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ لِيُضَحِّيَ بِهِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went back to two tied and salted rams and he slaughtered them with his own hands.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ انْكَفَأَ إِلَى كَبْشَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا بِيَدِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrificed a white ram with black markings. It ate, drank, looked, walked, and laid down in blackness. This is the narration of Al-Fadl.  

ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِكَبْشٍ أَقْرَنَ فَحِيلٍ يَأْكُلُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَشْرَبُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَنْظُرُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَمْشِي فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَبْطُنُ فِي سَوَادٍ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْفَضْلِ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ slaughtered two salted rams with curved horns on the day of sacrifice.  

ذَبَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الذَّبْحِ كَبْشَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ مُوجَأَيْنِ  

It was narrated from ‘Aishah and Abu Hurairah that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to offer a sacrifice, he brought two large, fat, horned, black-and-white, castrated rams. He slaughtered one on behalf of his nation, for whoever testified to Allah with monotheism and that he had conveyed (the Message), and he slaughtered the other on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad ﷺ. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3122)   

ؓ أَوْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ الشَّكُّ مِنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا ضَحَّى دَعَا بِكَبْشَيْنِ عَظِيمَيْنِ سَمِينَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ مُوجَأَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ فَذَبَحَ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ مَنْ شَهِدَ لَهُ بِالْبَلَاغِ وَشَهِدَ لِلَّهِ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ وَيَذْبَحُ الْآخَرَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best sacrifice is the horned sheep." And it was narrated from Ubada bin Nusayy from his father from Ubada bin As-Samit that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best sacrifice is the horned sheep, and the best shroud is the garment." And it has been mentioned in the book of funerals.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الضَّحَايَا الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ ؓ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ خَيْرُ الضَّحَايَا الْكَبْشُ الْأَقْرَنُ وَخَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي كِتَابِ الْجَنَائِزِ  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The blood of 'Afrah is more beloved to Allah than the blood of two black people. Al-Thawri narrated it from Tawbah al-Anbari from Salma, which means the son of 'Attab, who said: I heard Abu Huraira saying: The blood of a white person is more beloved to me than the blood of two black people. Al-Bukhari said: Some of them raise it, but it is not authentic."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ دَمُ عَفْرَاءَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ مِنْ دَمِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ وَرَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ تَوْبَةَ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ عَنْ سَلْمَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَتَّابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ لَدَمُ بَيْضَاءَ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ دَمِ سَوْدَاوَيْنِ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَيَرْفَعُهُ بَعْضُهُمْ وَلَا يَصِحُّ  

[Machine] We heard Ali saying, "Stretch and climb up, and gain weight, for if you eat, eat good food, and if you feed, feed good food."  

سَمِعْنَا عَلِيًّا ؓ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ثَنِيًّا فَصَاعِدًا وَاسْتَسْمِنْ فَإِنْ أَكَلْتَ أَكَلْتَ طَيِّبًا وَإِنْ أَطْعَمْتَ أَطْعَمْتَ طَيِّبًا  

[Machine] The second thing is dearer to me than the first. Allah deserves both a young male and generosity. I love Him more than the second thing, and I love Him more than to sacrifice the second thing. This is a quote.  

الثَّنِيُّ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنَ الْهَرِمِ اللهُ أَحَقُّ بِالْفَتَاءِ وَالْكَرَمِ أَحَبُّهُ إِلِيَّ مِنَ الثَّنِيِّ أَحَبُّهُ إِلَى أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ بِهِ هَذَا مَوْقُوفٌ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah is more entitled to a servant's loyalty and fulfillment. Buy her (a female slave) with a strong, healthy trunk and then set her free, for your sake, meaning as an act of charity."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ أَحَقُّ بِالْفَتَاءِ وَالْوَفَاءِ اشْتَرِهَا جَذَعَةً سَمِينَةً فَأَنْسِكْ بِهَا عَنْكَ يَعْنِي ضَحِّ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "What should be done with sacrificial animals?" He pointed with his hand and said, "Four things." Al-Bara'ah used to point with his hand and say, "My hand is shorter than the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The clear calf with its rib, the clear camel with its hump, the clear sick one with its sickness, and the thin one that cannot be fattened." Abu Nasr 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz reported to us that 'Ali ibn al-Fadl ibn Muhammad ibn 'Aqil al-Khuza'i reported to us that Abu Shu'ayb al-Harani informed us that 'Ali ibn al-Madini said: 'Ubayd ibn Fiyruz is from the people of Egypt, and we have not heard 'Amr ibn al-Harith mention him. So we looked and it was true that 'Amr ibn al-Harith had not heard him. Abu Nasr reported to us that 'Ali (ibn al-Fadl) reported to us that Abu Shu'ayb reported to us that 'Ali said: Ru'uh ibn 'Ubadah informed us that Usamah ibn Zaid narrated to him from 'Amr ibn al-Harith, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from 'Ubayd ibn Fiyruz. 'Ali then said: So we looked and found that Yazid ibn Abi Habib had not heard him from 'Ubayd ibn Fiyruz. 'Abd al-A'la reported to us from Muhammad ibn Ishaq that he narrated to them from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Sulaiman ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from 'Ubayd ibn Fiyruz. 'Ali then said: So the hadith revolves around the hadith of Shu'bah.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ مَاذَا يُتَّقَى مِنَ الضَّحَايَا؟ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَانَ الْبَرَاءُ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلَعُهَا وَالْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى 19095 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ فَيْرُوزَ هَذَا مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ وَلَمْ نَدْرِ أَلَقِيَهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَمْ لَا فَنَظَرنَاَ فَإِذَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ 19096 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أنبأ عَلِيٌّ أنبأ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ ثنا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ثُمَّ نَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَإِذَا الْحَدِيثُ يَدُورُ عَلَى حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ  

[Machine] I asked Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib about what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked or forbade in regards to sacrificial animals. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the sacrifice in this manner, and he gestured with his hand indicating that his shortest finger was shorter than his other fingers. He said: There are four types of animals that are not sufficient unless their faults are clearly visible: the blind animal with a clearly visible blindness, the sick animal with a clearly visible sickness, the limping animal with a clearly visible limp, and the emaciated animal that cannot be improved. I said: I dislike having a deficiency in the incisor or in the ear. He said: So, whatever fault you dislike, leave it, and do not forbid it for anyone else. 19098 Abu Nasr ibn Qatadah informed us that 'Ali ibn Al-Fadl Al-Khuzai informed us that Abu Shu'aib informed us that 'Ali ibn Al-Madinay informed us that Yahya ibn Sa'id informed us that Shu'bah narrated to me that Sulaiman ibn 'Abd Al-Rahman informed me about 'Ubaid ibn Fayruz, and he mentioned the Hadith in this manner, and he did not mention hearing it from 'Ubaid ibn Fayruz. 'Ali then said: Then we looked, and it turned out that Sulaiman ibn 'Abd Al-Rahman did not hear it from 'Ubaid ibn Fayruz.  

سَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ؓ مَا كَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ نَهَى عَنْهُ مِنَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَقَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَكَذَا وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالَ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يُجْزِينَ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلَعُهَا وَالْكَسِيرَةُ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي السِّنِّ نَقْصٌ أَوْ فِي الْأُذُنِ نَقْصٌ فَقَالَ فَمَا كَرِهْتَ مِنْهُ فَدَعْهُ وَلَا تُحَرِّمْهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ 19098 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِنَحْوِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ سَمَاعَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ثُمَّ نَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke to me about the four things that are disliked: a woman who reveals her private parts, a woman who reveals her illness, a woman with a crooked rib, and a woman who never becomes clean (from menstruation). Ali replied, "This is the narration of Layth." And Uthman said, "I asked Layth bin Sa'd, 'O Abu Al-Harith, does Shu'bah narrate this hadith from Sulaiman bin Abdul Rahman, who heard it from Ubaid bin Firoz?' He replied, 'No, Sulaiman narrated to us from Al-Qasim, the freed slave of Khalid, who narrated from Ubaid bin Firoz.' Uthman bin Umar added, 'I met Shu'bah and said to him, 'Layth narrated to us this hadith from Sulaiman bin Abdul Rahman, who heard it from Al-Qasim, who heard it from Ubaid bin Firoz.' And Shu'bah mentioned the person who had a similar defect as the woman who never becomes clean, he said, 'This is how I memorized it, just as you narrated it.'"  

حَدِّثْنِي مَا كَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا قَالَ أَرْبَعٌ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَرْبَعٌ لَا تَجُوزُ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلَعُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَإِذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَدِيثُ لَيْثٍ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ فَقُلْتُ لِلَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ إِنَّ شُعْبَةَ يَرْوِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعَ عُبَيْدَ بْنَ فَيْرُوزَ؟ قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ سُلَيْمَانُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَلَقِيتُ شُعْبَةَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ لَيْثًا حَدَّثَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ وَجَعَلَ مَكَانَ الْكَسِيرِ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى الْعَجْفَاءَ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى قَالَ فَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ هَكَذَا حَفِظْتُهُ كَمَا حَدَّثْتَ بِهِ كَذَا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: "What should be avoided when sacrificing?" He pointed with his hand and said: "There are four." He then said, "My hand is shorter than the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The first is a blind animal whose blindness is clearly apparent, the second is a sick animal whose sickness is clearly apparent, the third is an emaciated animal which is clearly weak, and the fourth is one whose horn, ear, or teeth has been broken. I then said to Al-Bara': 'I dislike (these defects) in horn, ear and tooth.' He replied: 'Dislike for yourself whatever you wish, and do not impose it on anyone else.'"  

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا يُتَّقَى مِنَ الضَّحَايَا فَقَالَ أَرْبَعٌ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ يَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلَعُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تَنْقَى قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِلْبَرَاءِ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ النَّقْصَ فِي الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ وَالسِّنِّ قَالَ فَاكْرَهْ لِنَفْسِكَ مَا شِئْتَ وَلَا تُحَرِّمْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ وَكَذَلِكَ  

I came to Utbah ibn AbdusSulami and said: AbulWalid, I went out seeking sacrificial animals. I did not find anything which attracted me except an animal whose teeth have fallen. So I abominated it. What do you say (about it)? He said: Why did you not bring it to me? He said: Glory be to Allah: Is if lawful for you and not lawful for me? He said: Yes, you doubt and I do not doubt. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden an animal whose ear has been uprooted so much so that its hole appears (outwardly), and an animal whose horn has broken from the root, and an animal which has totally lost the sight of its eye, and an animal which is so thin and weak that it cannot go with the herd, and an animal with a broken leg. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2803)   

أَفَلَا جِئْتَنِي بِهَا؟ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ تَجُوزُ عَنْكَ وَلَا تَجُوزُ عَنِّي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّكَ تَشُكُّ وَلَا أَشُكُّ إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُصْفَرَّةِ وَالْمُسْتَأْصَلَةِ وَالْبَخْقَاءِ وَالْمُشَيَّعَةِ وَالْكَسْرَاءِ فَالْمُصْفَرَّةُ الَّتِي تُسْتَأْصَلُ أُذُنُهَا حَتَّى يَبْدُوَ صِمَاخُهَا وَالْمُسْتَأْصَلَةُ قَرْنُهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهِ وَالْبَخْقَاءُ الَّتِي تُبْخَقُ عَيْنُهَا وَالْمُشَيَّعَةُ الَّتِي لَا تَتْبَعُ الْغَنَمَ عَجَفًا وَضَعْفًا وَالْكَسْرَاءُ الْكَسِيرُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to trim the eyebrows and ear hair, and not to shave the mustache or cut the hair on the temples. The "muqabilah" refers to cutting the edge of the ear, and "mudabarah" refers to cutting the side of the ear. "Shurqaa" refers to an ear that is split, and "kharqaa" refers to an ear that is pierced with a hole. Abu Nasr 'Umar bin Abd al-'Aziz bin 'Umar bin Qatadah informed us, who was informed by Abu al-Hasan Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin Isma'il al-Surraj, who narrated from Abu Shu'aib al-Harrani, who was informed by Ahmed bin Abd al-Malik bin Waqid al-Harrani, who was informed by Zuheir, who was informed by Abu Ishaq, who said that he was a truthful man and mentioned it in a similar way. He also mentioned that we should not shave the pubic hair. Zuheir asked Abu Ishaq and mentioned "Adbaa" (hair in the armpits). He asked, "What is muqabilah?" Abu Ishaq replied, "Cutting the edge of the ear." He asked, "What is mudabarah?" He replied, "Cutting the back of the ear." He asked, "What is shurqaa?" He replied, "Splitting the ear." He asked, "What is kharqaa?" He replied, "Piercing a hole in the ear."  

أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِمُقَابَلَةٍ وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلَا شَرْقَاءَ وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ قَالَ الْمُقَابَلَةُ مَا قُطِعَ طَرَفُ أُذُنِهَا وَالْمُدَابَرَةُ مَا قُطِعَ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْأُذُنِ وَالشَّرْقَاءُ الْمَشْقُوقَةُ وَالْخَرْقَاءُ الْمَثْقُوبَةُ الْأُذُنَيْنِ 19103 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّرَّاجُ ثنا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَكَانَ رَجُلًا صَدُوقًا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِالْعَوْرَاءِ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَذَكَرَ عَضْبَاءَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا الْمُقَابَلَةُ؟ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ طَرَفَا الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الْمُدَابَرَةُ؟ قَالَ يُقْطَعُ مُؤَخِّرَا الْأُذُنِ قُلْتُ مَا الشَّرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ تُشَقُّ الْأُذُنُ قُلْتُ مَا الْخَرْقَاءُ؟ قَالَ تَخْرِقُ أُذُنَهَا السِّمَةُ  

[Machine] Ali heard the Prophet ﷺ saying that he forbade sacrificing parts of the ear and horn. Qatadah said, "I asked Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib about the 'adhab (part of an animal's ear and horn) and he said, 'Half is enough, and anything beyond that is excess.'"  

سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِعَضْبَاءِ الْأُذُنِ وَالْقَرْنِ قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَسَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ الْعَضَبِ فَقَالَ النِّصْفُ فَمَا زَادَ  

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ prohibited piercing the earlobe and the horn, as was mentioned in these two narrations. The first narration is more accurate, while the second narration is weaker. It has been reported from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he disagreed with this prohibition regarding the horn.  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ عَضْبَاءِ الْأُذُنِ وَالْقَرْنِ كَذَا فِي هَاتَيْنِ الرِّوَايَتَيْنِ وَالْأُولَى أَمْثَلُهُمَا وَالْأُخْرَى أَضْعَفُهُمَا وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ مَوْقُوفًا خِلَافُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْقَرْنِ  

[Machine] The evidence was that we were with Ali, and a man came to him and said, "Is it the cow?" He said, "Yes, it is seven." He said, "Is it the horn?" He said, "It does not harm you." He said, "Is it the lameness?" He said, "When you reach the place of ritual sacrifice, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , ordered us to hasten the eye and the ear."  

حُجَيَّةُ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ الْبَقَرَةُ؟ فَقَالَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ قَالَ الْقَرْنُ؟ قَالَ لَا يَضُرُّكَ قَالَ الْعَرَجُ؟ قَالَ إِذَا بَلَغْتَ الْمَنْسَكَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ  

[Machine] "If you reach the sacred place, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to hasten the eye and the ear, indicating that the intended meaning of the first, if purification is correct in the century. Al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said there is no deficiency in the Qur'an, meaning there is no deficiency or loss in its flesh."  

إِذَا بَلَغْتَ الْمَنْسَكَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ فَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَادَ بِالْأَوَّلِ إِنْ صَحَّ التَّنْزِيهُ فِي الْقَرْنِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَلَيْسَ فِي الْقَرْنِ نَقْصٌ يَعْنِي لَيْسَ فِي نَقْصِهِ أَوْ فَقْدِهِ نَقْصٌ فِي اللَّحْمِ  

[Machine] "The Asma'i Asma'a is the small ear."  

الْأَصْمَعِيُّ الصَّمْعَاءُ هِيَ الصَّغِيرَةُ الْأُذُنِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us on the Day of Sacrifice saying, "Indeed, the first thing we will start with on this day is to pray, then we will return and sacrifice. Whoever does that has followed our tradition. And whoever slaughters before praying, then it is only meat that he has hurried for his family, it is not part of the rituals." Then my maternal uncle, Abu Burdah bin Niyyar, stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I slaughtered before praying and I have a better part than a mature sheep." He said, "Place it in its place, or he said, slaughter it and it will not suffice or replace anyone after you." And Ali narrated to us that Ahmad informed them, Abu Muslim narrated to us, Hajjaj bin Minhal narrated to us, Shu'bah mentioned it in his chain of narration as well and he said, "Place it in its place and it will not suffice or replace anyone after you."  

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمِ نَحْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَا وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ عَجَّلَهُ لِأَهْلِهِ لَيْسَ مِنَ النُّسُكِ فِي شَيْءٍ يَعْنِي فَقَامَ خَالِي أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنَا ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ وَعِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ فَقَالَ اجْعَلْهَا مَكَانَهَا أَوْ قَالَ اذْبَحْهَا وَلَنْ تُوفِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ 19110 وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيٌّ أَنْبَأَ أَحْمَدُ ثنا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ اجْعَلْهَا مَكَانَهَا وَلَنْ تُجْزِيَ أَوْ تُوفِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ  

One day Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the ʿId prayer and said, "Whoever offers our prayer and faces our Qibla should not slaughter the sacrifice till he finishes the ʿId prayer." Abu Burda bin Niyar got up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have already done it. The Prophet ﷺ said, "That is something you have done before its due time." Abu Burda said, "I have a Jadha'a which is better than two old sheep; shall I slaughter it?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes, but it will not be sufficient for anyone after you." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5563)   

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ قِبْلَتَنَا فَلَا يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ فَقَامَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَلْتُ فَقَالَ هُوَ شَيْءٌ عَجَّلْتَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةً هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّتَيْنِ أَذْبَحُهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَا تُجْزِي عَنْ إِنْسَانٍ بَعْدَكَ قَالَ عَامِرٌ فَهِيَ خَيْرُ نَسِيكَتَيْنِ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us on the day of sacrifice after the prayer. He said: If anyone prays like our prayer, and sacrifices like our sacrifice, his sacrifice is all right. If anyone sacrifices before the prayer (for 'Id), that is goat meant for flesh. Abu Burdah b. Niyar stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, I swear by Allah, I sacrificed before I went for prayer. I thought it was the day of eating and drinking; so I made haste, and ate myself, and supplied flesh to my family and neighbors. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: That is a goat meant for eating flesh. He said: I have a kid (of less than a year) which is better than two goats meant for flesh. Will it be valid from me ? He said: Yes, but it will not be valid for anyone after you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2800)   

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَكَ مَنْسَكَنَا فَقَدْ أَصَابَ النُّسُكَ وَمَنْ نَسَكَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَتِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ فَقَامَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ دِينَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ نَسَكْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَتَعَجَّلْتُ وَأَكَلْتُ وَأَطْعَمْتُ أَهْلِي وَجِيرَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ قَالَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي عَنَاقًا جَذَعَةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَاتَيْ لَحْمٍ فَهَلْ تُجْزِي عَنِّي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَنْ تُجْزِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ