al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4541
✧ Interpretation of al-Atirah
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ وَرُبَّمَا ذَكَرَ أَبُو قِلَابَةَ عَنْ نُبَيْشَةَ قَالَ نَادَى رَجُلٌ وَهُوَ بِمِنًى فَقَالَ
يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَعْتِرُ عَتِيرَةً فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فِي رَجَبٍ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «اذْبَحُوا فِي أَيِّ شَهْرٍ مَا كَانَ وَبَرُّوا اللهَ وَأَطْعِمُوا» قَالَ إِنَّا كُنَّا نُفَرِّعُ فَرَعًا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ فِي كُلِّ سَائِمَةٍ فَرَعٌ تَغْذُوهُ مَاشِيَتُكَ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَحْمَلَ ذَبَحْتَهُ فَتَصَدَّقْتَ بِلَحْمِهِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAmr b. ʿAlī
- Bishr
- Khālid And Rubbamā
- Abū al-Malīḥ Warubbamā Dhakar Abū Qilābah
- Nubayshah
- Nādá a man Wahū Biminá
“A man called the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the ‘Atirah during the Ignorance days in Rajab,; what do you command us to do?’ He said: “Sacrifice to Allah whatever month it is, do good for the sake of Allah and feed (the poor).’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the Far’ah during the Ignorance days; what do you command us to do?’ He said: ‘For every Sa’imah (flock of grazing animals), feed the firstborn as you feed the rest of your flock until it reaches an age where it could be used to carry loads, then sacrifice it, and give its meat in charity’ – I think he said – ‘to the wayfarer, for that is good.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3167)
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