12. Sacrifices

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4435No grade recorded

   عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَأَى هِلَالَ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ فَلَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ وَلَا مِنْ أَظْفَارِهِ حَتَّى يُضَحِّيَ»

   "Whoever sees the new crescent of Dhul-Hijjah and wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not remove any of his hair or nails until he has offered the sacrifice." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4361)

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4436No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ فَلَا يَقْلِمْ مِنْ أَظْفَارِهِ وَلَا يَحْلِقْ شَيْئًا مِنْ شَعْرِهِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أُكَيْمَةَ وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِي اسْمِهِ فَقِيلَ عُمَرُ وَقِيلَ عَمْرٌو وَهُوَ مَدَنِيٌّ

   ✧ Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever intends to offer a sacrifice (on the day of Eid), let him not remove anything from his nails or hair in the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah." Abu Abdur Rahman Amr ibn Muslim ibn Ammar ibn Ukaimeh, who was also known as Umar or Amr, narrated this Hadith. He was a resident of Medina.

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4437No grade recorded

   «مَنْ أَرَادَ الْثَّجَّ فَدَخَلَتْ أَيَّامُ الْعَشْرِ فَلَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ وَلَا أَظْفَارِهِ» فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِعِكْرِمَةَ فَقَالَ أَلَا يَعْتَزِلُ النِّسَاءَ وَالطِّيبَ

   "Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice when dhul-Hijjah begins, let him not remove anything from his hair or nails." I (the narrator) mentioned that to 'Ikrimah, and he said: "Should he not also keep away from women and perfume?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4363)

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4438No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا دَخَلَتِ الْعَشْرُ فَأَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ فَلَا يَمَسَّ مِنْ شَعْرِهِ وَلَا مِنْ بَشَرِهِ شَيْئًا»

   ✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said: "When the first ten days (of Dhu al-Hijjah) enter and one of you wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not touch anything of his hair or skin."

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4439No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ «أُمِرْتُ بِيَوْمِ الْأَضْحَى عِيدًا جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ لَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَّا مَنِيحَةً أُنْثَى أَفَأُضَحِّي بِهَا؟ قَالَ «لَا وَلَكِنْ تَأْخُذُ مِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَتُقَلِّمُ أَظْفَارَكَ وَتَقُصُّ شَارِبَكَ وَتَحْلِقُ عَانَتَكَ فَذَلِكَ تَمَامُ ضَحِيَّتِكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ»

   ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man: "I was commanded with the Day of Sacrifice as a festival which Allah made for this nation." The man said: What do you think if I find only a borrowed female (milch animal)? Should I sacrifice it? He said: "No, but you take from your hair, trim your nails, clip your mustache, and shave your pubic hair; that is the completion of your sacrifice with Allah."

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4440No grade recorded

   أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَذْبَحُ أَوْ يَنْحَرُ بِالْمُصَلَّى»

   ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to "slaughter or sacrifice at the prayer place."

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4441No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَحَرَ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ «وَقَدْ كَانَ إِذَا لَمْ يَنْحَرْ ذَبَحَ بِالْمُصَلَّى»

   ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrificed on the Day of Sacrifice in Madinah. He said: "When he did not sacrifice, he slaughtered at the prayer place."

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4442No grade recorded

   شَهِدْتُ أَضْحَى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ رَأَى غَنَمًا قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ فَقَالَ «مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ شَاةً مَكَانَهَا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَبَحَ فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ»

   ✧ I attended the sacrifice with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He prayed with the people, and when he finished the prayer, he saw sheep that had already been slaughtered. He said: "Whoever slaughtered before the prayer, let him slaughter a sheep in place of it; and whoever has not slaughtered, let him slaughter in the name of Allah."

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4443No grade recorded

   حَدَّثَنِي عَمَّا نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِهِ قَالَ «أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَجُزْنَ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْكَسِيرَةُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي الْقَرْنِ نَقْصٌ وَأَنْ يَكُونَ فِي السِّنِّ نَقْصٌ قَالَ «مَا كَرِهْتَهُ فَدَعْهُ وَلَا تُحَرِّمْهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ»

   ✧ He told me about what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited among the sacrificial animals. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood while my hand was shorter than his hand and said: "Four (types) are not acceptable: the one-eyed whose blindness is evident, the sick whose sickness is evident, the lame whose lameness is evident, and the broken one that has no marrow." I said: I dislike that there be any defect in the horn or any defect in the teeth. He said: "Whatever you dislike, leave it, but do not forbid it to anyone."

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4444No grade recorded

    حَدِّثْنِي مَا كَرِهَ أَوْ نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ قَالَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ هَكَذَا بِيَدِهِ وَيَدُهُ أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرْبَعَةٌ لَا يُجْزِئُ فِي الْأَضَاحِيِّ الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْكَسِيرَةُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَقْصٌ فِي الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ قَالَ «فَمَا كَرِهْتَ مِنْهُ فَدَعْهُ وَلَا تُحَرِّمْهُ علَى أَحَدٍ»

    ✧ Tell me what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked or prohibited among the sacrificial animals. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said thus with his hand, and his hand was shorter than the hand of the Prophet ﷺ: "Four are not sufficient in sacrificial animals: the one-eyed whose blindness is evident, the sick whose sickness is evident, the lame whose lameness is evident, and the broken one that has no marrow." He said: I dislike that there be a defect in the horn or the ear. He said: "Whatever you dislike of it, leave it, but do not forbid it to anyone."

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4445No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَأَصَابِعِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُشِيرُ بِإِصْبُعِهِ وَيَقُولُ لَا يَجُوزُ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَرَجُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gestured with his fingers, and my fingers are shorter than the fingers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while he pointed with his finger and said: “It is not permissible among sacrificial animals: the one-eyed whose defect is evident, the lame whose lameness is evident, the sick whose sickness is evident, and the emaciated that has no marrow.”

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4446No grade recorded

    «أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِمُقَابَلَةٍ وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلَا بَتْرَاءَ وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ»

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eyes and ears, and not to sacrifice an animal with its ear cut off in front (muqabalah), nor one with its ear cut off from the back (mudabarah), nor one with its ear cut off completely (batra’), nor one with a pierced ear (kharqa’).”

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4447No grade recorded

    «أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ وَأَنْ لَا نُضَحِّيَ بِعَوْرَاءَ وَلَا مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلَا مُدَابَرَةٍ وَلَا شَرْقَاءَ وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ»

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eyes and ears, and not to sacrifice a one-eyed animal, nor a muqabalah (one with the front of its ear cut), nor a mudabarah (one with the back of its ear cut), nor a sharqa’ (one with its ear split), nor a kharqa’ (one with its ear pierced).”

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4448No grade recorded

    «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ بِمُدَابَرَةٍ أَوْ مُقَابَلَةٍ أَوْ شَرْقَاءَ أَوْ خَرْقَاءَ أَوْ جَدْعَاءَ»

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing a mudabarah (one with the back of its ear cut), or a muqabalah (one with the front of its ear cut), or a sharqa’ (one with its ear split), or a kharqa’ (one with its ear pierced), or a jad’a’ (one with its ear or nose cut off).”

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4449No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يُضَحَّى بمُدَابَرَةٍ وَلَا مُقَابَلَةٍ وَلَا شَرْقَاءَ وَلَا خَرْقَاءَ وَلَا عَوْرَاءَ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: “Do not sacrifice a mudabarah (one with the back of its ear cut), nor a muqabalah (one with the front of its ear cut), nor a sharqa’ (one with its ear split), nor a kharqa’ (one with its ear pierced), nor a one-eyed animal.”

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4450No grade recorded

    «أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ»

    ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to examine the eyes and ears.”

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4451No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِأَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ» فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ الْأَعْضَبُ النِّصْفُ فَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ I heard ‘Ali say: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing an animal with a broken horn.” I mentioned that to Sa‘id b. al-Musayyab, and he said: “Yes, a broken horn is when half or more of it is broken.”

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4452No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحُوا إِلَّا مُسِنَّةً إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْسُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَذْبَحُوا جَذَعَةً مِنَ الضَّأْنِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not slaughter except a musinnah (an animal that has reached the age of two years or older), unless it is difficult for you, in which case you may slaughter a jadha‘ah (a young sheep that has reached one year) from the sheep.”

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4453No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهُ غَنَمًا يَقْسِمُهَا عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَبَقِيَ عَتُودٌ فَذَكَرَهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ضَحِّ بِهِ أَنْتَ»

    ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave him some sheep to distribute among his companions, and a young goat (‘atud) remained. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: “Sacrifice it yourself.”

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4454No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَسَمَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ ضَحَايَا فَصَارَتْ لِي جَذَعَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَارَتْ لِي جَذَعَةٌ فَقَالَ «ضَحِّ بِهَا»

    ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided sacrificial animals among his companions, and a jadha‘ah (a sheep that has reached one year) fell to my share. I said: O Messenger of Allah, a jadha‘ah has fallen to my share. He said: “Sacrifice it.”

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4455No grade recorded

    قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ أَضَاحِيَّ فَأَصَابَتْنِي جَذَعَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَصَابَتْنِي جَذَعَةٌ فَقَالَ «ضَحِّ بِهَا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ divided sacrificial animals among his companions, and a jadha‘ah fell to my share. I said: O Messenger of Allah, a jadha‘ah has fallen to my share. He said: “Sacrifice it.”

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4456No grade recorded

    «ضَحَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِجِذَاعٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ»

    ✧ “We sacrificed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ jadha‘ahs (sheep that have reached one year) from the sheep.”

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4457No grade recorded

    كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ فَحَضَرَ الْأَضْحَى فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَشْتَرِي مِنَّا الْمُسِنَّةَ بِالْجَذَعَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ فَحَضَرَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَطْلُبُ الْمُسِنَّةَ بِالْجَذَعَتَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْجَذَعَ يُوفِي مِمَّا يُوفِي مِنْهُ الثَّنِيُّ»

    ✧ We were on a journey when the sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) arrived. A man would buy from us a full-grown sheep for two or three young sheep. A man from Muzaynah said to us: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey when this day arrived. A man would seek a full-grown sheep for two or three young sheep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed the jadha‘ fulfills what the thanī fulfills.”

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4458No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَبْلَ الْأَضْحَى بِيَوْمَيْنِ نُعْطِي الْجَذَعَيْنِ بِالثَّنِيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْجَذَعَةَ تُجْزِئُ مِمَّا تُجْزِئُ مِنْهُ الثَّنِيَّةُ»

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ two days before the sacrifice, giving two young sheep for one full-grown sheep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The jadha‘ah suffices for what the thaniyyah suffices.”

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4459No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يُضَحِّي بِكَبْشَيْنِ» قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَأَنَا أُضَحِّي بِكَبْشَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sacrifice two rams. Anas said: And I sacrifice two rams.

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4460No grade recorded

    «ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrificed two black and white rams.

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4461No grade recorded

    «ضَحَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ ذَبَحَهُمَا بِيَدِهِ وَسَمَّى وَكَبَّرَ وَوَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ عَلَى صِفَاحِهِمَا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ sacrificed two black and white horned rams. He slaughtered them with his own hand, said the name of Allah, and said Allahu Akbar, and placed his foot on their sides.

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4462No grade recorded

    «خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أَضْحَى وَانْكَفَأَ إِلَى كَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا» مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave us a sermon on the day of sacrifice, then he turned to two black and white rams and slaughtered them. Abridged.

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4463No grade recorded

    كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِلَى كَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَإِلَى جُزَيْعَةٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَنَا مُخْتَصَرٌ

    ✧ It is as if he meant the Prophet ﷺ went to two black and white rams and slaughtered them on the day of sacrifice, and to a small flock of sheep and divided it among us. Abridged.

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4464No grade recorded

    «ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِكَبْشٍ أَقْرَنَ فَحِيلٍ يَمْشِي فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَأْكُلُ فِي سَوَادٍ وَيَنْظُرُ فِي سَوَادٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrificed a horned, vigorous ram that walked in blackness, ate in blackness, and looked in blackness.

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4465No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَجْعَلُ فِي قَسْمِ الْغَنَائِمِ عَشْرًا مِنَ الشَّاءِ بِبَعِيرٍ» قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي أَنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي بِهِ سُفْيَانُ عَنْهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to make in the division of spoils ten sheep equal to one camel. Shu‘bah said: The greater part of my knowledge is that I heard it from Sa‘īd b. Masrūq, and Sufyān narrated it to me from him.

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4466No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ «فَحَضَرَ النَّحْرُ فَاشْتَرَكْنَا فِي الْبَعِيرِعَنْ عَشَرَةٍ وَالْبَقَرَةِ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ»

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey when the sacrifice day arrived. We shared a camel among ten people and a cow among seven.

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4467No grade recorded

    كُنَّا نَتَمَتَّعُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «فَنَذْبَحُ الْبَقَرَةَ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ نَشْتَرِكُ فِيهَا»

    ✧ We were performing tamattu‘ with the Prophet ﷺ, so we would slaughter a cow on behalf of seven people, sharing in it.

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4468No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُعِيدَ قَالَ عِنْدِي عَنَاقُ جَذَعَةٍ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مُسِنَّتَيْنِ قَالَ «اذْبَحْهَا» فِي حَدِيثِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ إِلَّا جَذَعَةً فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ

    ✧ He slaughtered before the Prophet ﷺ, so the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to repeat it. He said: I have a jadha‘ah female kid, which is dearer to me than two full-grown sheep. He said: “Slaughter it.” In the hadith of ‘Ubayd Allāh: He said: I do not find anything but a jadha‘ah, so he commanded him to slaughter it.

35. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4469No grade recorded

    ضَحَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَضْحَى ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ قَدْ ذَبَحُوا ضَحَايَاهُمْ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَآهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ «مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى وَمَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ»

    ✧ We offered sacrifices with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Adha. The people had slaughtered their sacrificial animals before the prayer. When the Prophet ﷺ finished, he saw that they had slaughtered before the prayer and said: “Whoever slaughtered before the prayer, let him slaughter another in its place. And whoever has not slaughtered until we prayed, let him slaughter in the name of Allah.”

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4470No grade recorded

    قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى فَقَالَ «مَنْ وَجَّهَ قِبْلَتَنَا وَصَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَكَ نُسُكَنَا فَلَا يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ» فَقَامَ خَالِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي عَجَّلْتُ نُسُكِي لِأُطْعِمَ أَهْلِي وَأَهْلَ دَارِي أَوْ أَهْلِي وَجِيرَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعِدْ ذَبْحًا آخَرَ قَالَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي عَنَاقَ لَبَنٍ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ شَاتَيْ لَحْمٍ قَالَ اذْبَحْهَا فَإِنَّهَا خَيْرُ نَسِيكَتَيْكَ وَلَا تَقْضِي جَذَعَةً عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the day of Adha and said: “Whoever faces our Qiblah, prays our prayer, and performs our sacrifice, let him not slaughter until he prays.” My maternal uncle stood and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I hastened my sacrifice to feed my family and the people of my house—or my family and my neighbors.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Repeat another slaughter.” He said: “I have a young she-goat that is dearer to me than two meat sheep.” He said: “Slaughter it, for it is the better of your two sacrifices, and it will not suffice as a jadha'ah for anyone after you.”

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4471No grade recorded

    خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَكَ نُسُكَنَا فَقَدْ أَصَابَ النُّسُكَ وَمَنْ نَسَكَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَتِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ» فَقَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ نَسَكْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَتَعَجَّلْتُ فَأَكَلْتُ وَأَطْعَمْتُ أَهْلِي وَجِيرَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ» قَالَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي عَنَاقًا جَذَعَةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَاتَيْ لَحْمٍ فَهَلْ تُجْزِئُ عَنِّي؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ وَلَنْ تُجْزِئَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ addressed us on the day of sacrifice after the prayer, then said: “Whoever prays our prayer and performs our sacrifice has attained the sacrifice. And whoever sacrifices before the prayer, that is only a sheep of meat.” Abu Burdah said: “O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I sacrificed before going out to the prayer, and I knew that today is a day of eating and drinking, so I hastened and ate and fed my family and neighbors.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “That is only a sheep of meat.” He said: “I have a jadha'ah she-goat that is better than two meat sheep; will it suffice me?” He said: “Yes, and it will not suffice for anyone after you.”

38. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4472No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ «مَنْ كَانَ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ» فَلْيُعِدْ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُشْتَهَى فِيهِ اللَّحْمُ فَذَكَرَ هَنَةً مِنْ جِيرَانِهِ كَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَدَّقَهُ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ شَاتَيْ لَحْمٍ «فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ» فَلَا أَدْرِي أَبَلَغَتْ رُخْصَتُهُ مَنْ سِوَاهُ أَمْ لَا ثُمَّ انْكَفَأَ إِلَى كَبْشَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of sacrifice: “Whoever slaughtered before the prayer, let him repeat.” A man stood and said: “O Messenger of Allah, this is a day on which meat is desired,” and he mentioned something about his neighbors, as if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ believed him. He said: “I have a jadha'ah that is dearer to me than two meat sheep,” so he granted him a concession. I do not know whether his concession extended to others or not. Then he turned to two rams and slaughtered them.

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4473No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّاهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي اصْطَدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهَا فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ «كُلْ»

    ✧ He caught two rabbits but could not find a blade to slaughter them with, so he slaughtered them with a white flint. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I hunted two rabbits and could not find a blade to slaughter them with, so I slaughtered them with a white flint. May I eat?” He said: “Eat.”

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4474No grade recorded

    أَنَّ ذِئْبًا نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ «فَرَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَكْلِهَا»

    ✧ A wolf bit a sheep, and they slaughtered it with a white flint. The Prophet ﷺ permitted eating it.

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4475No grade recorded

    عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَيَأْخُذُ الصَّيْدَ فَلَا أَجِدُ مَا أَذْبَحُهُ بِهِ فَأَذْبَحُهُ بِالْمَرْوَةِ وَالْعَصَا؟ قَالَ «أَهْرِقِ الدَّمَ بِمَا شِئْتَ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ»

    ✧ From 'Adi b. Hatim: I said: “O Messenger of Allah, I send my dog and it catches the game, but I do not find anything to slaughter it with, so I slaughter it with a white flint or a stick.” He said: “Shed the blood with whatever you wish and mention the name of Allah.”

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4476No grade recorded

    كَانَتْ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ نَاقَةٌ تَرْعَى فِي قِبَلِ أَحَدٍ فَعَرَضَ لَهَا فَنَحَرَهَا بِوَتَدٍ فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْدٍ وَتَدٌ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حَدِيدٍ؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ مِنْ خَشَبٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ» فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهَا

    ✧ A man of the Ansar had a she-camel grazing toward Uhud, and it was exposed to danger, so he slaughtered it with a wooden peg. I said to Zayd: “A peg of wood or iron?” He said: “No, of wood.” Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked him, and he ordered him to eat it.

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4477No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلْ إِلَّا بِسِنٍّ أَوْ ظُفْرٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whatever causes the blood to flow and the name of Allah is mentioned over it, eat, except with a tooth or a claw.”

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4478No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنًّا أَوْ ظُفْرًا وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفْرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ»

    ✧ I said: “O Messenger of Allah, we will meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whatever causes the blood to flow and the name of Allah is mentioned over it, eat, as long as it is not a tooth or a claw. I will tell you about that: the tooth is bone, and the claw is the knife of the Abyssinians.”

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4479No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذِّبْحَةَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ ثُمَّ لْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: “Allah has prescribed excellence in everything. When you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and give rest to his sacrificial animal.”

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4480No grade recorded

    «نَحَرْنَا فَرَسًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلْنَاهُ»

    ✧ “We slaughtered a horse in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ate it.”

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4481No grade recorded

    أَنَّ ذِئْبًا نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ «فَرَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي أَكْلِهَا»

    ✧ A wolf bit into a sheep, so they slaughtered it with a sharp stone, and the Prophet ﷺ permitted eating it.

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4482No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَمَا تَكُونُ الذَّكَاةُ إِلَّا فِي الْحَلْقِ وَاللَّبَّةِ؟ قَالَ «لَوْ طَعَنْتَ فِي فَخِذِهَا لَأَجْزَأَكَ»

    “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat or upper chest?’ He said: ‘If you stab it in the thigh that will suffice you.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3184)

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4483No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا لَاقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى قَالَ «مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ فَكُلْ مَا خَلَا السِّنِّ وَالظُّفْرِ» قَالَ وَأَصَابَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَهْبًا فَنَدَّ بَعِيرٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ النَّعَمِ أَوْ قَالَ الْإِبِلِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَافْعَلُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا

    "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are going to meet the enemy tomorrow, and we do not have any knives.' He said: 'If the blood is shed and the name of Allah is mentioned, then eat, unlike (it is slaughtered) with teeth or nails." Then the Messenger of Allah got some spoils of war and a camel ran away. A man shot and arrow at it and stopped it. He (the Prophet) said; 'Some of these animals - or 'these camels'- 'are untamed like wild animals, so if one of them goes out of your control, do the same."' (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4409)

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4484No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا لَاقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى قَالَ «مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ ﷻ فَكُلْ لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفْرَ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَأَصَبْنَا نُهْبَةَ إِبِلٍ أَوْ غَنَمٍ فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْإِبِلِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَإِذَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ فَافْعَلُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا»

    ✧ I said, “O Messenger of God, we will meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives.” He said, “Whatever makes the blood flow and the name of God ﷻ is mentioned, then eat—except for the tooth and the claw. I will tell you: as for the tooth, it is bone, and as for the claw, it is the knife of the Abyssinians. And we captured some camels or sheep as booty, and one of the camels bolted. A man shot it with an arrow and stopped it.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said, “These camels have wild tendencies like wild animals, so if one of them overcomes you, do to it like this.”

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4485No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذِّبْحَةَ لِيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا ذَبَحَ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, “God has prescribed excellence in everything. So when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each of you sharpen his blade and give rest to his animal.”

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4486No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    “Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all things. So if you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3170)

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4487No grade recorded

    حَفِظْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اثْنَتَيْنِ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    ✧ I memorized two things from the Prophet ﷺ. He said, “God has prescribed excellence in everything. So when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each of you sharpen his blade and give rest to his animal.”

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4488No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ لِيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ فَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»

    ✧ From the Messenger of God ﷺ: “God has prescribed excellence in everything. So when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each of you sharpen his blade and give rest to his animal.”

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4489No grade recorded

    «ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ يُكَبِّرُ وَيُسَمِّي وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِيَدِهِ وَاضِعًا عَلَى صِفَاحِهِمَا قَدَمَهُ» قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ

    ✧ “The Messenger of God ﷺ sacrificed two horned, black-and-white rams, saying takbir and tasmiyah. I saw him slaughter them with his own hand, placing his foot on their sides.” I said, “Did you hear it from him yourself?” He said, “Yes.”

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4490No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُضَحَّى بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ وَكَانَ يُسَمِّي وَيُكَبِّرُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِيَدِهِ وَاضِعًا رِجْلَهُ عَلَى صِفَاحِهِمَا»

    "The Messenger of Allah used to sacrifice two pronounce the name of Allah and say: 'Allah Akabar,' and I saw him slaughtering them with his own hand, and placing his foot on their sides "(Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4416)

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4491No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِيَدِهِ وَاضِعًا عَلَى صِفَاحِهِمَا قَدَمَهُ يُسَمِّي وَيُكَبِّرُ كَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ

    "I saw him: - meaning the Prophet - "slaughtering them with his own hand, and placing his foot on their sides, pronouncing the name of Allah and saying: 'Allah Akbar,' (sacrificing) two horned, Amlah rams." (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4417)

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4492No grade recorded

    أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ «ضَحَّى بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ يَطَأُ عَلَى صِفَاحِهِمَا وَيَذْبَحُهُمَا وَيُسَمِّي وَيُكَبِّرُ»

    ✧ The Prophet of God ﷺ sacrificed two horned, black-and-white rams, pressing his foot on their sides, slaughtering them, saying tasmiyah and takbir.

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4493No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَحَرَ بَعْضَ بُدْنِهِ بِيَدِهِ وَنَحَرَ بَعْضَهُ غَيْرُهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ slaughtered some of his sacrificial camels with his own hand, and others were slaughtered by someone else.

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4494No grade recorded

    نَحَرْنَا فَرَسًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَكَلْنَاهُ وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَأَكَلْنَا لَحْمَهُ خَالَفَهُ عَبْدَةُ

    ✧ We slaughtered a horse during the time of the Messenger of God ﷺ and ate it. Qutaybah said in his narration, “and we ate its meat.” Abdah differed from him.

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4495No grade recorded

    «نَحَرْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ فَرَسًا وَنَحْنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَكَلْنَاهُ»

    ✧ We slaughtered a horse during the time of the Prophet of God ﷺ while we were in Madinah, and we ate it.

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4496No grade recorded

    سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلِيًّا هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا دُونَ النَّاسِ؟ فَغَضِبَ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ وَقَالَ مَا كَانَ يُسِرُّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا دُونَ النَّاسِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ وَأَنَا وَهُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ «لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ لَعَنَ وَالِدَهُ وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ذَبَحَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ غَيَّرَ مَنَارَ الْأَرْضِ»

    ✧ A man asked Ali, “Did the Messenger of God ﷺ tell you anything secretly that he did not tell other people?” Ali became angry until his face turned red, and he said, “He did not tell me anything secretly that he did not tell other people, except that he told me four words while he and I were in the house. He said: ‘God curses the one who curses his parents. God curses the one who slaughters for other than God. God curses the one who shelters an innovator. God curses the one who changes the landmarks of the land.’”

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4497No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَى أَنْ تُؤْكَلَ لُحُومُ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days.

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4498No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يَنْهَى أَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نُسُكِهِ شَيْئًا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid anyone from keeping anything from his sacrifice beyond three days.

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4499No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ «نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade you to eat the meat of your sacrifices beyond three nights.

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4500No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الضَّحَايَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كُلُوا وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَادَّخِرُوا»

    ✧ He informed him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days, then said: "Eat, provision yourselves, and store."

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4501No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُهُ لَحْمًا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضْحَى فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِآكِلِهِ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ لِأُمِّهِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ بَعْدَكَ أَمْرٌ نَقْضًا لِمَا كَانُوا «نُهُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْأَضْحَى بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ»

    ✧ Abu Sa'id al-Khudri returned from a journey, and his family presented to him some meat from the sacrificial animals. He said: I will not eat it until I ask. He went to his maternal brother Qatadah b. al-Nu'man, who was a veteran of Badr, and asked him about that. He said: A matter occurred after you, abrogating what they had been forbidden from eating of the meat of sacrificial animals after three days.

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4502No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَى عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ» فَقَدِمَ قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ وَكَانَ أَخًا أَبِي سَعِيدٍ لِأُمِّهِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا فَقَدِمُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ إِنَّهُ حَدَثَ فِيهِ أَمْرٌ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَى أَنْ نَأْكُلَهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَنَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَهُ وَنَدَّخِرَهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days. Qatadah b. al-Nu'man, the maternal brother of Abu Sa'id and a veteran of Badr, arrived, and they came to him. He said: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not forbid it? Abu Sa'id said: A matter occurred regarding it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to eat it beyond three days, then he permitted us to eat it and store it.

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4503No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا وَلْتَزِدْكُمْ زِيَارَتُهَا خَيْرًا وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَمْسِكُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنِ الْأَشْرِبَةِ فِي الْأَوْعِيَةِ فَاشْرَبُوا فِي أَيِّ وِعَاءٍ شِئْتُمْ وَلَا تَشْرَبُوا مُسْكِرًا وَأَمْسِكُوا» لَمْ يَذْكُرْ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَمْسِكُوا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I had forbidden you three things: visiting graves, so visit them, and may your visiting them increase you in good; eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days, so eat from them and keep whatever you wish; and drinking from certain vessels, so drink from whatever vessel you wish, but do not drink any intoxicant, and keep." Muhammad did not mention "and keep."

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4504No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعَنِ النَّبِيذِ إِلَّا فِي سِقَاءٍ وَعَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَكُلُوا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ مَا بَدَا لَكُمْ وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَادَّخِرُوا وَمَنْ أَرَادَ زِيَارَةَ الْقُبُورِ فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَاشْرَبُوا وَاتَّقُوا كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I had forbidden you the meat of sacrificial animals after three days, nabidh except in water-skins, and visiting graves. So eat of the meat of sacrificial animals as much as you like, provision yourselves, and store. Whoever wishes to visit graves, they remind of the Hereafter. And drink, but avoid every intoxicant."

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4505No grade recorded

    رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «كُلُوا وَادَّخِرُوا ثَلَاثًا» فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يَنْتَفِعُونَ يَعْنِي مِنْ أَضَاحِيِّهِمْ يُجَمِّلُونَ مِنْهَا الْوَدَكَ وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهَا الْأَسْقِيَةَ قَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قَالَ الَّذِي نَهَيْتَ عَنْ إِمْسَاكِ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نَهَيْتُ لِلدَّافَّةِ الَّتِي دَفَّتْ فَكُلُوا وَادَّخِرُوا وَتَصَدَّقُوا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Eat and store for three days." Later they said: O Messenger of Allah, people used to benefit from their sacrificial animals, rendering their fat and making water-skins from them. He said: "And what is that?" He said: That which you forbade of keeping the meat of sacrificial animals. He said: "I only forbade it because of the needy people who came, so eat, store, and give charity."

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4506No grade recorded

    دَخَلَتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَنْهَى عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ؟» قَالَتْ نَعَمْ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ شِدَّةٌ فَأَحَبَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُطْعِمَ الْغَنِيَّ الْفَقِيرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ يَأْكُلُونَ الْكُرَاعَ بَعْدَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ مِمَّ ذَاكَ؟ فَضَحِكَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَا شَبِعَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنْ خُبْزٍ مَأْدُومٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللهِ

    ✧ I entered upon 'A'ishah and said: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid the meat of sacrificial animals after three days? She said: Yes. The people were afflicted with hardship, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted the rich to feed the poor. Then she said: I saw the family of Muhammad ﷺ eating a trotter after fifteen days. I said: Why was that? She laughed and said: The family of Muhammad ﷺ never ate their fill of bread with condiment for three consecutive days until he met Allah.

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4507No grade recorded

    «كُنَّا نُخَبِّئُ الْكُرَاعَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُهُ»

    ✧ We used to store a trotter for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a month, then he would eat it.

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4508No grade recorded

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ إِمْسَاكِ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade keeping the sacrificial animal beyond three days, then said: "Eat and feed others."

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4509No grade recorded

    دُلِّيَ جِرَابٌ مِنْ شَحْمٍ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَالْتَزَمْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُعْطِي أَحَدًا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَبَسَّمُ

    ✧ A bag of fat was lowered on the day of Khaybar, so I clung to it and said: I will not give anyone anything from it. Then I turned, and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiling.

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4510No grade recorded

    أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ كَانُوا يَأْتُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِلُحُومٍ فَقَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ يَأْتُونَ بِلَحْمٍ وَلَا نَدْرِي أَذَكَرُوا اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللهِ وَكُلُوا»

    ✧ Some Bedouins used to bring meat to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Some Bedouins bring meat, and we do not know whether they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Mention the name of Allah and eat."

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4511No grade recorded

    فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {§وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ} [الأنعام 121] قَالَ «خَاصَمَهُمُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ» قَالُوا مَا ذَبَحَ اللهُ لَا تَأْكُلُوهُ وَمَا ذَبَحْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَكَلْتُمُوهُ

    "Eat not of that on which Allah's name has not been pronounced" - that he said: "The idolaters argued with them and said: 'Whatever Allah kills you do not eat, and whatever you kill you eat!" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4437)

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4512No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَحِلُّ الْمُجَثَّمَةُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The mujaththamah (animal tied up and shot) is not lawful."

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4513No grade recorded

    دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَنَسٍ عَلَى الْحَكَمِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَيُّوبَ فَإِذَا نَاسٌ يَرْمُونَ دَجَاجَةً فِي دَارِ الْأَمِيرِ فَقَالَ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُصْبَرَ الْبَهَائِمُ»

    ✧ I entered with Anas upon al-Hakam, meaning Ibn Ayyub, and there were people shooting at a chicken in the governor's courtyard. He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade that animals be made to suffer (as targets)."

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4514No grade recorded

    مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى نَاسٍ وَهُمْ يَرْمُونَ كَبْشًا بِالنَّبْلِ فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «لَا تُمَثِّلُوا بِالْبَهَائِمِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by some people who were shooting arrows at a ram, and he disliked that. He said: "Do not mutilate animals."

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4515No grade recorded

    «لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed anyone who takes a living thing as a target.

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4516No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ مَثَّلَ بِالْحَيَوَانِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "May Allah curse anyone who mutilates an animal."

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4517No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not take any living thing as a target."

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4518No grade recorded

    «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَتَّخِذَ شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to take any living thing as a target.

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4519No grade recorded

    «مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا فَمَا فَوْقَهَا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا سَأَلَ اللهُ عَنْهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا حَقُّهَا؟ قَالَ «حَقُّهَا أَنْ يَذْبَحَهَا فَيَأْكُلَهَا وَلَا يَقْطَعْ رَأْسَهَا فَيَرْمِي بِهَا»

    "There is no person who kills a small bird or anything larger for no just reason, but Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will ask him about it." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, what does just reason;' mean?" Her said: "That you slaughter it and eat it, and do not cut off its head and throw it aside." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4349)

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4520No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَتَلَ عُصْفُورًا عَبَثًا عَجَّ إِلَى اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ فُلَانًا قَتَلَنِي عَبَثًا وَلَمْ يَقْتُلْنِي لِمَنْفَعَةٍ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Whoever kills a sparrow in vain, it will cry out to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, saying: 'O Lord, so-and-so killed me in vain and did not kill me for any benefit.'"

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4521No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَهَى يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ وَعَنِ الْجَلَّالَةِ وَعَنْ رُكُوبِهَا وَعَنْ أَكْلِ لَحْمِهَا»

    ✧ On the day of Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the meat of domestic donkeys, and also forbade the jallālah (animal that eats filth), riding it, and eating its meat.

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4522No grade recorded

    «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمُجَثَّمَةِ وَلَبَنِ الْجَلَّالَةِ وَالشَّرْبِ مِنْ فِيِّ السِّقَاءِ»

    "The Messenger of Allah forbade (eating) animals that had been taken as targets, the milk of Al-Jallalah (animals that eat dung), and drinking directly from water skins." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4448)