Sunan Ibn Majah 3167

Abū Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us, from Khālid al-Ḥadhdhāʾ, from Abū al-Malīḥ, from Nubayshah, who said: A man called out to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Messenger of God, in the pre-Islamic era we used to offer a ʿatīrah in Rajab. What do you command us to do? He said: Slaughter for God, Mighty and Sublime, in whatever month it may be, honor God, and feed others. They said: Messenger of God, in the pre-Islamic era we used to offer a farʿ. What do you command us to do? He said: For every grazing herd there is a farʿ: you nourish it with your livestock until it can carry a load, then slaughter it and give its meat in charity—I think he said—to the traveler. That is better.