Permissibility of Sacrificing a Goat

Source: Urdu Explanation of ‘Umdat al-Aḥkām from the Sayings of the Best of Mankind — Translation: Ḥāfiẓ Faizullah Nāṣir

✦ 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
 
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