Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ibrahim bin Maisarah and Hazrat Tawoos narrate from their father. They say that the Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about Fara’. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If you wish, you may slaughter the first offspring. And if you raise it until it grows up, then you may use it for carrying loads in the way of Allah or use it for maintaining ties of kinship; this is better than slaughtering it in such a way that its meat gets mixed with its hair.”