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tabarani:10026Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Bazzār And Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Ubullī > ʿUmar b. Yaḥyá al-Ubullī > Ḥafṣ b. Jumayʿ > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "A cow can be offered on behalf of seven (people) and a camel can be offered on behalf of seven (people) during the time of sacrifice."  

الطبراني:١٠٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَزَّارُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأُبُلِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأُبُلِّيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ جُمَيْعٍ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْبَقَرَةُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ وَالْجَزُورُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ فِي الْأَضَاحِيِّ»  


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muslim:1318cMuḥammad b. Ḥātim > Wakīʿ > ʿAzrah b. Thābit > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

We performed Hajj along with Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we sacrificed a camel on behalf of seven persons, and a cow on behalf of seven persons.  

مسلم:١٣١٨cوَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَزْرَةُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

حَجَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنَحَرْنَا الْبَعِيرَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ وَالْبَقَرَةَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ  

abudawud:2808Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Qays > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said: A cow serves for seven, and a camel serves for seven.  

أبو داود:٢٨٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ الْبَقَرَةُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ وَالْجَزُورُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ  

ahmad:14914ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Qays b. Saʿd > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

“We offered sacrifices at Al- Hudaibiyah with the Prophet ﷺ, a camel on behalf of seven (people) and a cow on behalf of seven.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3132)   

أحمد:١٤٩١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَحَرَ الْبَدَنَةَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ وَالْبَقَرَةَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ  

bayhaqi:10196Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarbī > ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Qays b. Saʿd > ʿAṭāʾ > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said: A cow serves for seven, and a camel serves for seven. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2808)   

البيهقي:١٠١٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنا أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْبَقَرَةُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ وَالْبَدَنَةُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ