Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3141
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنْبَأَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " لاَ تَذْبَحُوا إِلاَّ مُسِنَّةً إِلاَّ أَنْ يَعْسُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَذْبَحُوا جَذَعَةً مِنَ الضَّأْنِ " .
Translation
Hārūn ibn Ḥayyān narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us: Zuhayr informed us, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Do not slaughter anything but a mature animal, unless that is difficult for you; then slaughter a young sheep.”