Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2802

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ مَا لاَ يَجُوزُ فِي الأَضَاحِي فَقَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَصَابِعِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَصَابِعِهِ وَأَنَامِلِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَنَامِلِهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَرْبَعٌ لاَ تَجُوزُ فِي الأَضَاحِي الْعَوْرَاءُ بَيِّنٌ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ بَيِّنٌ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ بَيِّنٌ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْكَسِيرُ الَّتِي لاَ تَنْقَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي السِّنِّ نَقْصٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا كَرِهْتَ فَدَعْهُ وَلاَ تُحَرِّمْهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ لَيْسَ لَهَا مُخٌّ ‏.‏

Translation

Hafs ibn Umar al-Namari narrated to us: Shu’bah narrated to us, from Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Ubayd ibn Fayruz, who said: I asked al-Bara ibn Azib, ‘What defects make sacrificial animals unsuitable?’ He said: The Messenger of Allah stood among us. My fingers and fingertips are shorter than his. He said, ‘Four kinds are not suitable for sacrifice: an animal clearly blind in one eye; one clearly sick; one clearly lame; and an emaciated one with no marrow in its bones.’ I said, ‘I also dislike an animal with a defect in its teeth.’ He said, ‘Leave what you dislike, but do not declare it forbidden for anyone.’ Abu Dawud said: It has no marrow.