hadiths 2286–2303

Musaddad narrated that Yazid bin Zuray' narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Qatadah, from Kurz bin Abi Kathir, who said: "Yahya bin Ya'mar used to give the verdict in Khurasan that when a man buys a sacrificial animal, designates it (for sacrifice), and the (first) ten days (of Dhu al-Hijjah) begin, he should refrain from cutting his hair and nails until he has offered the sacrifice."
Qatadah said: "I mentioned this to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and he said: 'Yes (this is the ruling).' I asked: 'From whom have you taken this ruling?' He said: '(It is reported) from the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).'"
I (Ibn Hajar) say: Imam Muslim has also narrated it from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib through two other chains, and (in those chains) he (Sa'id bin al-Musayyib) said: "(This ruling is narrated) from Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

Musaddad narrated from Mu'tamir bin Sulayman, who said: I heard my father say: "When the (first) ten days (of Dhu al-Hijjah) began, Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) disliked that a man should cut anything of his hair, so much so that he even disliked that boys should cut or shave their hair."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) that "two rams were presented as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); they were one year old (jadha') and of mixed white and black colour (piebald), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed them both."
Abu Ya'la also narrated (this same hadith) from Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) with the same (chain).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that "two rams were brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); they were piebald (black and white), horned, large and castrated. He (peace and blessings be upon him) laid one of them down and said: 'Bismillahi wallahu akbar' (In the name of Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma 'an Muhammadin wa ali Muhammad' (O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) laid the other ram down and said: 'Bismillahi wallahu akbar' (In the name of Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma 'an Muhammadin wa ummatihi man shahida laka bit-tawhid wa shahida li bil-balagh' (O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and his Ummah, whoever bears witness to Your Oneness and bears witness to my conveying of the Message)."
Its chain is hasan (good).

It is narrated from Ubadah bin Nusayy that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best shroud is the hullah (that is, a fine, new and complete garment), and the best sacrifice is the horned ram."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When my family used to have a thousand goats, I would select from them a one-year-old (jadha') and slaughter it."

Ahmad bin Mani' said: Hushaym narrated to us; Ayyub Abu al-Ala' narrated to him, from Abu Sufyan, from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), that "he disliked that a sacrificial animal be slaughtered by the hand of a non-Muslim (rather, only a Muslim should slaughter it)."
Hushaym narrated to us; Yunus narrated to him from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) a narration of the same meaning.
Hushaym narrated to us; Mughirah narrated to him from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, and Layth bin Abi Sulaym from Ata' bin Abi Rabah (may Allah have mercy on him), that "the two of them (Ibrahim al-Nakha'i and Ata' bin Abi Rabah) disliked this practice (that is, having the sacrifice slaughtered by the hand of a non-Muslim)."
Hushaym narrated to us; Hajjaj narrated to him, from Qabus, from his father, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), a narration of the same meaning as well.
Hushaym narrated to us; Layth narrated to him from Tawus and Mujahid, and Bayan from al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him), that "all these imams (that is, Tawus, Mujahid and al-Sha'bi) also disliked this (having the sacrifice slaughtered by the hand of a non-Muslim)."

Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) related; Ibn Numayr narrated to him from Mujalid, from Amir (may Allah have mercy on him), that he asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the cow and the camel: does it suffice (as a sacrifice) on behalf of seven people? Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "How can that be? Does (a single cow or camel) have seven souls?" Amir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in Kufah gave me this very verdict." At this, the people present said: "Yes, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) also said this." Then Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I was not aware of it."

Uqbah bin Suhban (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about a man who sent a cow as an offering (in the path of Allah): is it permissible for him to sell its hide and give its price in charity? He replied: "There is no harm in it."
This hadith is sahih (authentic).

Abu Bakr said: Ali bin Hashim narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), as a marfu' narration, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When obtaining an animal (for sacrifice) becomes difficult for you at Eid al-Adha, then a jadha'ah (of sheep) will also suffice for you (that is, sacrificing it will be valid)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr) a man slaughtered his sacrifice before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had offered the Eid prayer. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "This sacrifice will not suffice on your behalf (that is, it will not be accepted)." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah! We have a jadha'ah?" (Jadha'ah: an animal that is usually younger than the age required for sacrifice.) He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It will suffice on your behalf, but it will not suffice for anyone else after you."
Abu Ya'la (Imam Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili) said: Zuhayr narrated to us; Ubaydullah (bin Musa) narrated it to him with the same (chain and text).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came, bringing with him a fat, excellent and outstanding young goat and a lean, weak and inferior young sheep. Then he said: "O Messenger of Allah! This young sheep is lean, weak and inferior, and this young goat is fat, excellent and outstanding, and it is the better of the two. Shall I sacrifice it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sacrifice it, for Allah Almighty loves what is good."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two rams that were amlah (of mixed white and black colour). When slaughtering the first he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'An Muhammadin wa ali Muhammad' (On behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, may this sacrifice be accepted). And when slaughtering the second he said: 'Amman amana bi wa saddaqa bi min ummati' (On behalf of everyone of my Ummah who believed in me and affirmed me).
Abu Ya'la also narrated (this hadith) from Ibrahim bin Sa'id al-Jawhari, through Abdullah bin Bakr, with the same (text).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her): "O Fatimah! Get up and witness your sacrifice. Know that with the first drop of its blood that falls, every sin of yours will be forgiven. Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection it (the sacrifice) will be brought with its meat and its blood, (multiplied) seventy times, and then it will be placed in your Scale (the pan of good deeds)."
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Is this virtue specific to the family of Muhammad, for they are worthy of the good with which they have been singled out, or is it for the family of Muhammad and the people in general?" He (the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) said: "Rather, it is for the family of Muhammad and for the people (all) in general."

It is narrated from the father of Ibrahim, the mu'adhdhin of the people of Madinah, that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) at the musalla (the place of prayer). He asked two men: "Do you have anything to sacrifice?" They both replied: "No." At this, Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) took them to his house and brought out one of his goats. He supplicated: 'Taqabbal Allahu min Abi Hurayrah wa min fulanin wa fulan' (May Allah accept from Abu Hurayrah, and from so-and-so and so-and-so, that is, from these two men). Then he took its liver or some part of it, and they all ate from it. After that he divided it into three portions. So the two men went back with two thirds of it, and one third was taken into the house of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Abu al-Khasib that a man asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the sacrifice, and he said: "Dislike and avoid (for sacrifice) animals that are one-eyed and whose one-eyedness is plainly evident, and a lame animal whose lameness is evident, and a sick animal whose sickness is evident, and an emaciated animal whose emaciation is evident."

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) both attended the Hajj season, but they did not offer a sacrifice."

Fudayl bin Iyad narrates from Mansur, from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him), that he said: "Indeed, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to perform Hajj but did not offer a sacrifice."
Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) further said: "And those people (the Companions and the Successors) used to perform Hajj while they had their (travel) provisions and gold with them, yet they did not offer a sacrifice."