Muwatta' Malik 23-10

Translation

Yahya related to me from Malik from Umara ibn Yasar that Ata ibn Yasar told him that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari had told him, "We used to sacrifice one sheep, and a man sacrificed for himself and his family. Then later on people began to compete with each other and it became boasting." Malik said, "The best that I have heard about a single camel, cow or sheep, is that a man should sacrifice a camel for himself and his family. He sacrifices a cow or sheep which he owns for his family, and shares with them in it. It is disapproved for a group of people to buy a camel, cow or sheep, to share for the ritual and sacrifices, each man giving a share of its price, and taking a share of its meat. We have heard the tradition that people do not share in the ritual. However, it may be that the people of one household can share."

Notes

• قَالَ يَحْيَى، قَالَ مَالِكٌ: وَأَحْسَنُ مَا سَمِعْتُ فِي الْبَدَنَةِ، وَالْبَقَرَةِ، وَالشَّاةِ. أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَنْحَرُ عَنْهُ، وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، الْبَدَنَةَ. وَيَذْبَحُ الْبَقَرَةَ، وَالشَّاةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ. هُوَ يَمْلِكُهَا، وَيَذْبَحُهَا عَنْهُمْ، وَيَشْرَكُهُمْ فِيهَا. فَأَمَّا أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَ النَّفَرُ الْبَدَنَةَ، أَوِ الْبَقَرَةَ، أَوِ الشَّاةَ. يَشْتَرِكُونَ فِيهَا فِي النُّسُكِ، وَالضَّحَايَا، فَيُخْرِجُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ حِصَّتُهُ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا، وَيَكُونُ لَهُ حِصَّتُهُ مِنْ لَحْمِهَا. فَإِنَّ ذلِكَ يُكْرَهُ. وَإِنَّمَا سَمِعْنَا الْحَدِيثَ، أَنَّهُ لَا يُشْتَرَكُ فِي النُّسُكِ. وَإِنَّمَا يَكُونُ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ الْوَاحِدِ.

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Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

   One of the senior Companions.d. 50 AH. Or: 52 AH. Or: 55 AH, also said: 51 AH.
   أَبُو أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّمن كبار الصحابة.
   أخبره
2. 2
   ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār al-Hilālī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), a man of admonitions and worship.d. 94 AH, or 97 AH, or 103 AH, or 104 AH
   عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍثقة فاضل ، صاحب مواعظ وعبادة
   أخبره
3. 3
   ʿUmārah b. Ṣayyād

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. after 130 AH
   عُمَارَةَ بْنِ صَيَّادٍثقة فاضل
   عن
4. 4
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

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