Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 93 – Volume 2, Book 15

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Volume 2, Book 15, Number 93:
Narrated Al-Bara':
The Prophet went towards Al-Baqi (the grave-yard at Medina) on the day of Id-ul-Adha and
offered a two-Rakat prayer (of 'Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us and said, "On this day of ours, our
first act of worship is the offering of prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and
whoever does this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before that (i.e.
before the prayer) then that was a thing which he prepared earlier for his family and it would not be
considered as a Nusuk (sacrifice.)" A man stood up and said, "O, Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered (the
animal before the prayer) but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep." The
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Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to him, "Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice will not be sufficient for anybody
else after you."