Sunan Abi Dawud 2800

Musaddad narrated to us: Abu al-Ahwas narrated to us: Mansur narrated to us, from al-Sha’bi, from al-Bara’, who said: The Messenger of Allah addressed us on the Day of Sacrifice, after the prayer, and said, ‘Whoever has prayed as we pray and performed the sacrifice as we perform it has done the sacrifice correctly. Whoever offers the sacrifice before the prayer, that is only meat.’ Abu Burdah ibn Niyar stood up and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I slaughtered mine before going out to the prayer. I knew that today was a day of eating and drinking, so I hurried, ate some myself, and fed my family and neighbors.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘That is only meat.’ He said, ‘I have a young female goat, a jadha’, which is better than two animals slaughtered just for meat. Will it suffice for me?’ He said, ‘Yes, but it will not suffice for anyone after you.’