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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُضَحِّي أَنْ يَدَّخِرَ مِنْ أُضْحِيَتِهِ بَعْدَ أَكْلِهِ، وَإِطْعَامِهِ مِنْهَا

ibnhibban:5929Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Eid al-Adha, "Whoever makes a sacrifice from among you, let him not partake in anything from his sacrifice before the third day in his home." So when the following year's Eid al-Adha was near, they asked the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah, should we do the same as we did last year?" He said, "No, people were making an effort, so I wanted to provide assistance. Eat, feed others, and save some."  

ابن حبّان:٥٩٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى «مَنْ ضَحَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلَا يُصْبِحْ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أُضْحِيَتِهِ» فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الْمُقْبِلُ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَفْعَلُ فِي هَذَا كَمَا فَعَلْنَا فِي الْعَامِ الْمَاضِي؟ قَالَ «لَا كَانَ النَّاسُ بِجَهْدٍ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُعِينُوا فِيهَا كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا وَادَّخِرُوا»  


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bukhari:5569Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever has slaughtered a sacrifice should not keep anything of Its meat after three days." When it was the next year the people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall we do as we did last year?" He said, ' Eat of it and feed of it to others and store of it for in that year the people were having a hard time and I wanted you to help (the needy).  

البخاري:٥٥٦٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ ضَحَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلاَ يُصْبِحَنَّ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ وَفِي بَيْتِهِ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الْمُقْبِلُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَفْعَلُ كَمَا فَعَلْنَا عَامَ الْمَاضِي قَالَ كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا وَادَّخِرُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ كَانَ بِالنَّاسِ جَهْدٌ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ تُعِينُوا فِيهَا  

muslim:1974Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Abū ʿĀṣim > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

He who sacrifices (animal) among you nothing should be left in his house (out of its flesh) on the morning of the third day. When it was the next year they (his Companions) said: Should we do this year as we did daring the previous year? Thereupon he said: Don't do that, for that was a year when the people were hard pressed (on account of poverty). so I wanted that the (flesh) might be distributed amongst them.  

مسلم:١٩٧٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ ضَحَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلاَ يُصْبِحَنَّ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ شَيْئًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَفْعَلُ كَمَا فَعَلْنَا عَامَ أَوَّلَ فَقَالَ لاَ إِنَّ ذَاكَ عَامٌ كَانَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ بِجَهْدٍ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ فِيهِمْ  

bayhaqi:19218Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Eid al-Adha: "Whoever sacrifices among you, let him not partake of anything from his sacrifice until three days have passed." When the following year came, they said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we do the same this year as we did in the previous year?" He replied, "No, eat, feed others, and save some, as the previous year was a year of hardship or a word resembling it. I intended for you to distribute among the people."  

البيهقي:١٩٢١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى مَنْ ضَحَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلَا يُصْبِحَنَّ مِنْ أُضْحِيَّتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ شَيْءٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الْمُقْبِلُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَفْعَلُ فِي هَذَا الْعَامِ كَمَا فَعَلْنَا فِي الْعَامِ الْمَاضِي؟ فَقَالَ لَا كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا وَادَّخِرُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ كَانَ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ أَوْ كَلِمَةً تُشْبِهُهَا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَقْسِمُوا فِي النَّاسِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ وَقَالَ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَفْشُوَ فِيهِمْ