صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الحج
The Book of Pilgrimage
باب جَوَازِ رُكُوبِ الْبَدَنَةِ الْمُهْدَاةِ لِمَنِ احْتَاجَ إِلَيْهَا:
Chapter: It is permissible to ride the sacrificial animal if necessary
Hadith 1322
This hadith is listed as number 3208 in Maktaba Shamila
حدثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ : " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً ، فقَالَ : ارْكَبْهَا ، قَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ ، فقَالَ : ارْكَبْهَا وَيْلَكَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ ، أَوْ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ " ،
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person who was driving a sacrificial camel (and told him to ride on it. Thereupon he said: Messenger of Allah, it is a sacrificial camel. He told him again to ride on it; (when he received the same reply) he said: Woe to you, (he uttered these words on the second or the third reply).
