Source: Urdu Explanation of ‘Umdat al-Aḥkām from the Sayings of the Best of Mankind — Translation: Ḥāfiẓ Faizullah Nāṣir
Narrated by ʿĀ’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once sent a sheep for sacrifice (towards the Sacred Sanctuary)."
غَنَمًا – Refers to both sheep and goats.
This ḥadīth establishes the permissibility of offering a goat as a sacrificial animal.
References:
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Tagging of Sheep – Ḥadīth: 1614
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Recommendation of Sending Hady to the Ḥaram by Those Not Going Themselves – Ḥadīth: 1321
✦ Second Ḥadīth:
Narrated by ʿĀ’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):
"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once sent a sheep for sacrifice (towards the Sacred Sanctuary)."
✦ Explanation of Vocabulary:
غَنَمًا – Refers to both sheep and goats.
✦ Explanation of the Ḥadīth:
This ḥadīth establishes the permissibility of offering a goat as a sacrificial animal.
References:
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Tagging of Sheep – Ḥadīth: 1614
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Recommendation of Sending Hady to the Ḥaram by Those Not Going Themselves – Ḥadīth: 1321
