Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5549

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ ‏"‏ مَنْ كَانَ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيُعِدْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُشْتَهَى فِيهِ اللَّحْمُ ـ وَذَكَرَ جِيرَانَهُ ـ وَعِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَاتَىْ لَحْمٍ‏.‏ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَبَلَغَتِ الرُّخْصَةُ مَنْ سِوَاهُ أَمْ لاَ، ثُمَّ انْكَفَأَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى كَبْشَيْنِ فَذَبَحَهُمَا، وَقَامَ النَّاسُ إِلَى غُنَيْمَةٍ فَتَوَزَّعُوهَا أَوْ قَالَ فَتَجَزَّعُوهَا‏.‏

Translation

Ṣadaqah narrated to us: Ibn ʿUlayyah informed us, from Ayyūb, from Ibn Sīrīn, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: On the Day of Sacrifice, the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever slaughtered before the prayer must slaughter again.” A man stood up and said, “Messenger of God, this is a day on which people desire meat”—and he mentioned his neighbors—“and I have a young sheep that is better than two meaty sheep.” He granted him an allowance for that. I do not know whether the allowance was extended to anyone besides him. Then the Prophet ﷺ turned to two rams and slaughtered them, and the people went to a small flock and divided it—or, he said, cut it into portions.