Abu Dawud

1763. Commentary:
➊ If the sacrificial animal (hady) becomes helpless on the way or is about to die, then it should be slaughtered (nahr or dhabh) right there. Marking its legs and hump with blood is so that the general public is informed that it was a sacrificial animal (hady). Those who are transporting the hady themselves should not eat from it.
➋ There are two conditions for narrating hadith by meaning (bil-ma‘na) and for its permissibility: first, the chain of transmission (isnad) must be authentic; second, the hadith must also be correct in meaning (sahih al-ma‘na).

Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
مَأْثَمْ (Ma’tham):
If taken as a verbal noun, it means "sin."
Or it may refer to an act that becomes a cause or reason for sin.
مَغْرَمْ (Maghram):
That is, debt, or an act that leads to debt.

Benefits and Issues:
All the past and future sins of the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam have been forgiven.
Despite this,
he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would seek refuge from the punishment of the grave and Hellfire. The scholars have mentioned several explanations for this:

➊ For the purpose of teaching and encouraging the Ummah (community) to supplicate (make du’a).

➋ To show that making supplication (du’a) is a Sunnah (prophetic practice).

➌ To express humility and servitude (‘ubudiyyah and bandagī).

➍ Due to the overwhelming sense of Allah’s greatness, awe, and fear.

➎ To express the servant’s neediness and poverty before Allah.

➏ In compliance with Allah’s command and His instruction to seek forgiveness (istighfar).

➐ To encourage and motivate the Ummah towards seeking forgiveness (istighfar), so that if I, despite having such an exalted and lofty status, seek forgiveness, then how much more should you be diligent and consistent in it.

➑ To warn against sins and the punishment of the grave and Hellfire, for these are very difficult and perilous stages—so be concerned about them.

➒ Supplication (du’a) and seeking forgiveness (istighfar) are, in themselves, means of attaining Allah’s closeness, mercy, and elevation of ranks.

Therefore, it is not necessary
that a person should only supplicate or seek forgiveness when in need or when sinful.
Rather, these acts should be performed for the attainment of good deeds and the elevation of ranks.
For this reason, even though the emergence of the False Messiah (Masih Dajjal) will occur after the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and near the Day of Judgment, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would still seek refuge from his evil and tribulation.