Chapters on Sacrifices
كتاب الأضاحي
Chapter 7: What qualifies as a sacrifice
“It is permissible to offer a Jadha’a* among sheepasa sacrifice.”
“We werewith a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)who was called Mujashi’, from Banu Sulaim, and sheep became scarce.Heordered a caller to call out that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)used tosay: ‘A Jadha’a suffices for whatever a two-year-oldsheep suffices.’”
‘Do notslaughter anything but a Musinnah,* unless there is noneavailable,in which case you can slaughter a Jadha’a among sheep.”
Chapter 8: What is disliked to use for a sacrifice
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbadesacrificing the Muqabalah, the Mudabarah, the Sharqa’, the Kharqa’andthe Jad’a’.”*
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commandedus to examine the eyes and ears.”*
“I heard ‘Ubaid bin Fairuz say: ‘Isaid to Bara’ bin ‘Azib: “Tell us of the sacrificial animalsthat theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) disliked or forbade.” He said:“Allah’sMessenger (ﷺ) said like this with his hand. And myhand is shorterthan his hand:* ‘There are four that will not beaccepted assacrifices: The one-eyed animal that is obviously blindin one eye;the sick animal that is obviously sick; the lame animalwith anobvious limp; and the animal that is so emaciated that it isas ifthere is no marrow in its bones.’” He said:** “And Idislike that theanimal should have some fault in its ears.” Hesaid: “What youdislike, forget about it and do not make itforbidden to anyone.”
It wasnarrated from Qatadah that he said that he heard Juray binKulaibnarrate that he heard ‘Ali narrate that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade sacrificing animals with broken horns and ears.
Chapter 9: One who buys a sound, healthy animal then something happens to it while it is in his care
“We bought a ram forsacrifice, then a wolf tore some flesh from its rump and ears. Weasked the Prophet (ﷺ) and he told us to offer it as a sacrifice.”
Chapter 10: One who offers a sheep on behalf of his family
“I asked Abu AyyubAl-Ansari: ‘How were sacrifices offered among you at the time oftheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘At the time of theProphet (ﷺ),a man would sacrifice a sheep on behalf of himself andthe members ofhis household, and they would eat some of it and givesome to others.Then people started to compete and it because as yousee (nowadays).’”
“My family started to putpressureon me after I came to know the Sunnah. People used tosacrifice oneor two sheep, but now our neighbors call us stingy.”
Chapter 11: The one who wants to offer a sacrifice should not remove anything from his hair or nails during the ten (days at the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah)
“Whentheten days (of Dhul-Hijjah) begin, and one of you wants to offer asacrifice, let him not remove anything from his hair or skin.”
“Whoever among you sees the new crescent of Dhul-Hijjah andwantsto offer a sacrifice, let him not take anything from his hair ornails.”
Chapter 12: Prohibition of slaughtering the sacrifices before the (`Id) prayer
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that a man slaughtered on the DayofSacrifice, (meaning) before the ‘Eid prayer, and the Prophet (ﷺ)ordered him to do it again.
“Iwas present on Adha day with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), andsomepeople slaughtered before the prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:‘Whoever among you has slaughtered before the prayer, let himrepeathis sacrifice, and whoever has not, let him offer hissacrifice in theName of Allah.’”
“Repeatyour sacrifice.”
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) passed by one of the houses of the Ansar and noticed the smellof a cooking pot. He said: ‘Who is this who has slaughtered?’ Amanfrom among us came out and said: ‘It is me, O Messenger ofAllah, Islaughtered before the prayer so that I could feed my familyandneighbors.’ He commanded him to repeat it. He said: ‘No, bythe Onebesides Whom there is none worthy of worship, I do not haveanythingbut a one-year-old sheep or a lamb.’ He (ﷺ) said:‘Sacrifice it, buta one-year-old sheep will not do for anyoneafter you.’”
Chapter 13: One who slaughters his sacrifice with his own hand
“I saw the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) slaughter his sacrifice with his own hand, placing hisfoot onits side.”
“My father told me, frommygrandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slaughtered hissacrifice at the side of an alley, on the road of Banu Zuraiq, withhis own hand, using a blade.”
Chapter 14: The skins of the sacrificial animals
‘Alibin Abu Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commandedhim to distribute the entire sacrificial camel – its meat,skin andcovers – among the poor.
Chapter 15: Eating from the sacrificial meat
It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)ordered that a piece from every camel that had been slaughteredbebrought and placed in a pot, then they ate from its meat and dranksome of the broth.