"I heard my father say, that he heard his grandfather Al-Harith bin 'Amr, that he met the Messenger of Allah during the Farewell Pilgrimage, when he was atop his slit-eared camel. (He said): 'I said: O Messenger of Allah, May my father and mother be ransomed for you; pray for forgiveness for me. He said: May Allah forgive you (plural). Then I came to him from the other side, hoping that he would supplicate just for me alone, and not them. I said: O Messenger of Allah, pray for forgiveness for me. He said: May Allah forgive you (plural). Then a man among the people said: O Messenger of Allah, (what about) the 'Atirah and Fara'? He said: Whoever wishes to offer and 'Atirah may do so, and whoever does not wish to, may not. Whoever wishes to offer a Fara' may do so, and whoever does not wish to, may not. And with regard to sheep, a sacrifice should be offered. And he clasped between his fingers except for one."'  

أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ الْعَضْبَاءِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ أَحَدِ شِقَّيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنَ الشِّقِّ الآخَرِ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَخُصَّنِي دُونَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَتَائِرُ وَالْفَرَائِعُ قَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ عَتَرَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَعْتِرْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَرَّعَ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُفَرِّعْ فِي الْغَنَمِ أُضْحِيَتُهَا وَقَبَضَ أَصَابِعَهُ إِلاَّ وَاحِدَةً  

" عَنْ يَحْيى بْن زُرَارَةَ بْنِ كَرَمِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ: حَدَّثَنِى أَبِى، عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّهُ لَقِىَ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فِى حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ الْعَضْبَاءِ، فَقُلْتُ: بِأَبى أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ الله اسْتَغْفِرْ لِى، فَقَالَ: غَفَرَ الله لَكُمْ ثُمَّ اسْتَدرْتُ إِلَى الشِّقَّ الآخر رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَخُصَّنِى فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِر لِى، فقال: غَفَرَ اللهُ لكم، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ الله الْفَرَائع وَالْعَتِيرُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ شَاءَ فَرَّعْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يُفَرِّعْ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ عَتَرَ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَعْتِرْ، وَفِى الْغَنَمِ أُضْحِيَتُهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّ دمَاءكُمْ وَأَمْوَالكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا وَبَلَدِكُمْ وَشَهْرِكُمْ".