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bukhari:5546Musaddad > Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, he just slaughtered it for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the prayer, he slaughtered it at the right time and followed the tradition of the Muslims."  

البخاري:٥٥٤٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّمَا ذَبَحَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَدْ تَمَّ نُسُكُهُ وَأَصَابَ سُنَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  


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bukhari:5556Musaddad > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Muṭarrif > ʿĀmir > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Ḍaḥḥá Khāl Lī Yuqāl Lah Abū Burdah Qabl al-Ṣalāh

An uncle of mine called Abu Burda, slaughtered his sacrifice before the ʿId prayer. So Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Your (slaughtered) sheep was just mutton (not a sacrifice)." Abu Burda said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have got a domestic kid goat." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Slaughter it (as a sacrifice) but it will not be permissible for anybody other than you" The Prophet ﷺ added, "Whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before the (ʿId) prayer, he only slaughtered for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the prayer, he offered his sacrifice properly and followed the tradition of the Muslims."  

البخاري:٥٥٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُطَرِّفٌ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ؓ قَالَ ضَحَّى خَالٌ لِي يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ

لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَاتُكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عِنْدِي دَاجِنًا جَذَعَةً مِنَ الْمَعَزِ قَالَ اذْبَحْهَا وَلَنْ تَصْلُحَ لِغَيْرِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّمَا يَذْبَحُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ بَعْدَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَدْ تَمَّ نُسُكُهُ وَأَصَابَ سُنَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ  

تَابَعَهُ عُبَيْدَةُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَتَابَعَهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنْ حُرَيْثٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ وَدَاوُدُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عِنْدِي عَنَاقُ لَبَنٍ وَقَالَ زُبَيْدٌ وَفِرَاسٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ وَقَالَ أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنَاقٌ جَذَعَةٌ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنَاقٌ جَذَعٌ عَنَاقُ لَبَنٍ
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السيوطي:٢٢١٧٦a

"مَن ضَحَّى قَبْلَ الصَّلاة، فَإنَّمَا ذَبَحَ لنَفْسه، وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ بَعْدَ الصَّلاةِ، فَقَدْ تَمَّ نُسُكُهُ وَأَصَابَ سُنَّةَ الْمُسْلمينَ".  

[م] مسلم عن البراءَ
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السيوطي:٢١٥١٥a

"مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاةِ فَإِنَّمَا يَذْبَحُ لِنَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ بَعْدَ الصَّلاةِ فَقَدْ تَمَّ نُسُكُهُ، وَأَصَابَ سُنَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ".  

[خ] البخاري عن أَنس