Sacrifice is not permissible before the Eid prayer
عن أبى بردة بن نيار أنه ذبح أضحيته قبل أن يذبح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فزعم أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أمره أن يعود بضحية أخرى، فقال أبو بردة: لا أجد إلا جذعا فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : إن لم تجد إلا جذعا فاذبحه
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burda bin Niyar رضي الله عنه that on the day of Eid al-Adha, he slaughtered his sacrifice before the sacrifice of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم (i.e., before the Eid prayer), so he was told that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered him to slaughter again. Abu Burda رضي الله عنه said: I only have one juvenile goat (a one-year-old kid), so the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said to him: “If you have nothing except the juvenile goat, then slaughter it.”
Verification:
The chain is authentic
Source:
Al-Muwatta
Jurisprudential Understanding:
➊ It is not permissible to offer the sacrifice before the Eid prayer.
➋ The kid of a goat that is eight or nine months old is called a jaz’ah.
If not available, the sacrifice of a sheep’s jaz’ah is permissible.
➌ Compliance with the Shariah limits is necessary for the acceptance of acts of worship and matters of drawing closer to Allah.
➍ Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar رضي الله عنهما said: Besides the day of sacrifice, there are two other days for sacrifice.
➎ Imam Malik رحمه الله عليه said: “Sacrifice is Sunnah, not obligatory, and I do not like that a person, despite having wealth, abandons it.”
