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malik:23-1Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr ibn al-Harith from Ubayd ibn Fayruz from al-Bara ibn Azib that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked what animals should be avoided as sacrifices. He indicated with his hand and said, "Four." Al-Bara pointed with his hand and said, "My hand is shorter than the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A lame animal whose lameness is evident, a one-eyed animal which is clearly one-eyed, an animal which is clearly ill, and an emaciated animal with no fat on it."  

مالك:٢٣-١حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ مَاذَا يُتَّقَى مِنَ الضَّحَايَا فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ أَرْبَعًا وَكَانَ الْبَرَاءُ يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ وَيَقُولُ يَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لاَ تُنْقِي  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4371Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wa-al-Layth b. Saʿd Wadhakar Ākhar Waqaddamah > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say" - and he gestured with his fingers, but his fingers were shorter than the fingers of the Messenger of Allah - he said "It is not permissible to offer as a sacrifice an animal that clearly has one bad eye, a lame animal that is obviously lame, as sick animal that is obviously sick, or an animals that is so emaciated that it is as if there is no marrow in its bones."  

النسائي:٤٣٧١أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَاللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَذَكَرَ آخَرَ وَقَدَّمَهُ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَأَصَابِعِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُشِيرُ بِأَصْبُعِهِ يَقُولُ لاَ يَجُوزُ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَرَجُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لاَ تُنْقِي  

ahmad:18675ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik / Ibn Abū Anas > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "What should be given as charity from the sacrificial animals?" He replied, "Four types." And he said, "The barren (female) camel whose foreleg is shorter than the foreleg of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the clear-eyed goat with a clear spot on its ribs, the sheep with a clear spot on its private parts, the sick animal that clearly shows its illness, and the feeble animal that cannot be driven."  

أحمد:١٨٦٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ مَاذَا يُتَّقَى مِنَ الضَّحَايَا؟ فَقَالَ أَرْبَعٌ وَقَالَ الْبَرَاءُ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي  

darimi:1992Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

A Marfu' narration (from the Prophet ﷺ), saying: "A crippled animal whose limp is obvious is not to be slaughtered as sacrifice, nor an animal with a bad eye whose blindness is obvious, nor a sick animal whose sickness is obvious, nor an emaciated animal that has no marrow (in its bones)." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1497)   

الدارمي:١٩٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنْ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا يُتَّقَى مِنَ الضَّحَايَا؟ قَالَ «الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي»  

ibnhibban:5919Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd > Layth b. Saʿd > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dimashqī > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib > Dhakar al-Aḍāḥī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pointed with his hand, and my hand is shorter than his hand, and he said, "There are four things that should not be abandoned: visible nakedness that should be covered, clear sickness that should be treated, visible disability that should be supported, and a lean person in need of nourishment." They said to Al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him), "We only find the defect in terms of age, ear, and tail." He said, "Dislike whatever you wish, but do not make it forbidden for people."  

ابن حبّان:٥٩١٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ الْأَضَاحِيَّ فَقَالَ

أَشَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَدِهِ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالَ «أَرْبَعٌ لَا يُضَحَّى بِهِنَّ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلَعُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي» فَقَالُوا لِلْبَرَاءِ فَإِنَّمَا نَكْرَهُ النَّقْصَ فِي السِّنِّ وَالْأُذُنِ وَالذَّنَبِ قَالَ «فَاكْرَهُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ وَلَا تُحَرِّمُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخِصَالِ الَّتِي إِذَا كَانَتْ فِي الْأُضْحِيَّةِ لَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِهَا

ibnhibban:5921ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say" - and he gestured with his fingers, but his fingers were shorter than the fingers of the Messenger of Allah - he said "It is not permissible to offer as a sacrifice an animal that clearly has one bad eye, a lame animal that is obviously lame, as sick animal that is obviously sick, or an animals that is so emaciated that it is as if there is no marrow in its bones." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4371)   

ابن حبّان:٥٩٢١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَجُوزُ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا أَرْبَعٌ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَرَجُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي»  

nasai-kubra:4445Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith Wa-al-Layth b. Saʿd Wadhakar Ākhar Waqaddamah > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say" - and he gestured with his fingers, but his fingers were shorter than the fingers of the Messenger of Allah - he said "It is not permissible to offer as a sacrifice an animal that clearly has one bad eye, a lame animal that is obviously lame, as sick animal that is obviously sick, or an animals that is so emaciated that it is as if there is no marrow in its bones." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4371)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ وَاللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَذَكَرَ آخَرَ وَقَدَّمَهُ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزٍ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَأَصَابِعِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُشِيرُ بِإِصْبُعِهِ وَيَقُولُ لَا يَجُوزُ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَرَجُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي  

bayhaqi:19100ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah > Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdah > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bukayr > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿUbayd b. Fayrūz a freed slave of Banī Shaybān > al-Barāʾ b. ʿĀzib

[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.'"  

البيهقي:١٩١٠٠وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ مَوْلَى بَنِي شَيْبَانَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ؓ قَالَ

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  

رَوَاهُ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْقَاسِمَ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ وَشُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَذَكَرَ شُعْبَةُ سَمَاعَ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ وَفِيمَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي عِيسَى التِّرْمِذِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيِّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَمِيلُ إِلَى تَصْحِيحِ رِوَايَةِ شُعْبَةَ وَلَا يَرْضَى رِوَايَةَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ