Bayhaqi 10167 — Apart from when prevented, the place of sacrifice

Amr bin Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah have mercy on him) asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) about a sacrificial camel that a woman had made binding upon herself. Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the camel is to be taken to the House of Allah and sacrificed there; if she named a place, saying she would sacrifice it at such-and-such a place, then she should do it at that very place. If she does not find a camel, then she should sacrifice a cow; if a cow cannot be found, she should sacrifice ten goats in its place. The narrator said: Then I came to Salim bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him), and he too said what Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) had said, except for this difference: if a cow is not found, she should slaughter seven goats in its place. The narrator said: Then I came to Kharijah bin Zayd (may Allah have mercy on him), and he too said what Salim bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) had said. Then I came to Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah have mercy on him), and he too said what Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) had said.