Atirah and fara'ah

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no fara'ah and no atirah (any longer)." (Atirah: an animal slaughtered in the first ten days of Rajab.) (Fara'ah: the first offspring of an animal, which people used to slaughter for their gods.)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no fara'ah (any longer), and no atirah (any longer)."

Imam al-Zuhri said: Fara' is the offspring born first among the people's livestock, which they used to slaughter for their gods. And the atirah was in the month of Rajab.

Abu Ishaq reports that Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not consider the atirah to be proper.

Usamah bin Zayd reports concerning al-Qasim; he said: I asked him about the atirah. He said: "It is the sacrifice performed in the month of Rajab, one of the sacrifices of the people of Jahiliyyah."

Ibn Awn reports: I asked al-Sha'bi about the atirah. He said: "Of all people, your neighbours were the ones who did it the most." I asked: "What is it?" He said: "It took place in the last ten days of Rajab."

Al-Hasan reports: The atirah is one of the slaughtered offerings of the people of Jahiliyyah.

Ibn Awn states that Abu Ramlah told him, on the authority of Sayyiduna Mikhnaf bin Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with him), that he stood with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at Arafah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people! Upon every household, each year, there is an udhiyah (sacrifice) and an atirah. Do you know what the atirah is?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is the same sacrifice that people call the Rajabi (sacrifice)."

Muhammad reports: It was slaughtered every Rajab.

Mu'adh said: And I have seen the atirah of Ibn Awn.

Amr bin Shu'ayb reports from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about fara'. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fara' is valid. But that you leave it until this young animal grows big, two or three years old, and then carry loads on it in the path of Allah, or give it to a widow, is better than that you slaughter it, so that its flesh mixes with its hair, and you overturn your pot and drive your she-camel mad." And the questioner asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the atirah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. A man asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, and he said: "We used to call it the Rajabiyyah. A household would slaughter a goat in the month of Rajab and eat it."

Hafsah bint Abd al-Rahman reports concerning Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to give as fara' one goat out of every five goats.

Ibrahim bin Maysarah and Ibn Tawus report from his father; he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about fara', and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Slaughter the first offspring if you wish. But if you raise it until it grows big, then carry loads on it in the path of Allah or maintain the ties of kinship with it, that is better than slaughtering it in such a way that its flesh mixes with its hair."

Waki' al-Uqayli reports from his uncle Sayyiduna Abu Razin (may Allah be pleased with him), whose name is Sayyiduna Laqit bin Amir, that he asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We used to slaughter some animals in the month of Rajab, and we would eat from them ourselves and also feed those who came to us." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in that."

The narrator said: At this Waki' said: "I will never give it up."