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عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

tabarani:3920[Chain 1] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > Duḥaym [Chain 2] Maḥmūd b. ʿAlī al-Aṣbahānī > Yaḥyá b. al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > ʿUmārah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣayyād > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār

“I asked Abu Ayyub Al- Ansari: ‘How were sacrifices offered among you at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?’ He said: ‘At the time of the Prophet ﷺ, a man would sacrifice a sheep on behalf of himself and the members of his household, and they would eat some of it and give some to others. Then people started to compete and it because as you see (nowadays).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3147)   

الطبراني:٣٩٢٠حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا دُحَيْمٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ صَيَّادٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَتِ الضَّحَايَا فِيكُمْ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيُطْعِمُونَ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ تَبَاهَى النَّاسُ فَكَانَ كَمَا تَرَى»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah
tirmidhi:1505Yaḥyá b. Mūsá

"I asked Abu Abyub [Al-Ansari] how the slaughtering was done during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: 'A man would sacrifice a sheep for himself and the people in his household. They would eat from it and feed others, until the people (later) would boast about it and it became as you see now."  

الترمذي:١٥٠٥حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ كَيْفَ كَانَتِ الضَّحَايَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيُطْعِمُونَ حَتَّى تَبَاهَى النَّاسُ فَصَارَتْ كَمَا تَرَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَعُمَارَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ مَدَنِيٌّ وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَاحْتَجَّا بِحَدِيثِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ ضَحَّى بِكَبْشٍ فَقَالَ هَذَا عَمَّنْ لَمْ يُضَحِّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ تُجْزِئُ الشَّاةُ إِلاَّ عَنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَغَيْرِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
ibnmajah:3147ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > ʿUmārah b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣayyād > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār

“I asked Abu Ayyub Al- Ansari: ‘How were sacrifices offered among you at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?’ He said: ‘At the time of the Prophet ﷺ, a man would sacrifice a sheep on behalf of himself and the members of his household, and they would eat some of it and give some to others. Then people started to compete and it because as you see (nowadays).’”  

ابن ماجة:٣١٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ حَدَّثَنِي الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَيَّادٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ كَيْفَ كَانَتِ الضَّحَايَا فِيكُمْ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيُطْعِمُونَ ثُمَّ تَبَاهَى النَّاسُ فَصَارَ كَمَا تَرَى