Volume 7, Book 68, Number 463:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
An uncle of mine called Abu Burda, slaughtered his sacrifice before the ‘Id prayer. So Allah’s
Apostle said to him, “Your (slaughtered) sheep was just mutton (not a sacrifice).” Abu Burda said, “O
Allah’s Apostle! I have got a domestic kid.” The Prophet said, “Slaughter it (as a sacrifice) but it will
not be permissible for anybody other than you” The Prophet added, “Whoever slaughtered his sacri –
fice before the (‘Id) prayer, he only slaughtered for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the
prayer, he offered his sacrifice properly and followed the tradition of the Muslims.”