[Machine] "You had in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example" [Al-Ahzab 21]. This is what I found in this narration, narrated by Sufyan ath-Thawri in al-Jami' from Ibn Jurayj, from 'Ata, from Ibn 'Abbas, that a man came to him and said, "I have made a vow to sacrifice myself." He (Ibn 'Abbas) said to him, "Indeed, you had in the Messenger of Allah an excellent example" [Al-Ahzab 21]. So he commanded him to sacrifice a sheep. Ata was asked, "Where should the sheep be slaughtered?" He said, "In Makkah." Abu Bakr al-Asbahani informed us, reporting from Abu Nasr al-'Iraqi, who narrated from Sufyan ibn Muhammad, who narrated from 'Ali ibn al-Hasan, who narrated from 'Abdullah ibn al-Walid, who narrated from Sufyan, and he mentioned it.  

كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ} [الأحزاب 21] كَذَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِي هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ وَرَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ فِي الْجَامِعِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ نَفْسِي فَقَالَ {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ} [الأحزاب 21] فَأَمَرَهُ بِكَبْشٍ فَسُئِلَ عَطَاءٌ أَيْنَ يُذْبَحُ الْكَبْشُ؟ قَالَ بِمَكَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو نَصْرٍ الْعِرَاقِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ فَذَكَرَهُ