Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5547

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ بَعْجَةَ الْجُهَنِيِّ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ ضَحَايَا، فَصَارَتْ لِعُقْبَةَ جَذَعَةٌ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَارَتْ جَذَعَةٌ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ضَحِّ بِهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Muʿādh ibn Faḍālah narrated to us: Hishām narrated to us, from Yaḥyā, from Baʿjah al-Juhanī, from ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir al-Juhanī, who said: “The Prophet ﷺ distributed sacrificial animals among his Companions, and ʿUqbah received a young sheep. I said, ‘Messenger of God, I have received a young sheep.’ He said: ‘Offer it as a sacrifice.’”