Volume 7, Book 68, Number 470:
Narrated Al-Bara’:
One day Allah’s Apostle offered the ‘Id prayer and said, “Whoever offers our prayer and faces our
Qibla should not slaughter the sacrifice till he finishes the ‘Id prayer.” Abu Burda bin Niyar got up
and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have already done it. The Prophet said, “That is something you have
done before its due time.” Abu Burda said, “I have a Jadha’a which is better than two old sheep; shall I
slaughter it?” The Prophet said, “Yes, but it will not be sufficient for anyone after you.”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 471:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet used to offer as sacrifices, two horned rams, black and white in color, and used to put
his foot on their sides and slaughter them with his own hands.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 472:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet offered as sacrifices, two horned rams, black and white in color. He slaughtered them
with his own hands and mentioned Allah’s Name over them and said Takbir and put his foot on their
sides.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 473:
Narrated Masruq:
that he came to ‘Aisha and said to her, “O Mother of the Believers! There is a man who sends a
Hadi to Ka’ba and stays in his city and requests that his Hadi camel be garlanded while he remains in
a state of Ihram from that day till the people finish their Ihram (after completing all the ceremonies
of Hajj)” (What do you say about it?) Masruq added, I heard the clapping of her hands behind the
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curtain. She said, “I used to twist the garlands for the Hadi of Allah’s Apostle and he used to send his
Hadi to Ka’ba but he never used to regard as unlawful what was lawful for men to do with their
wives till the people returned (from the Hajj).”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 474:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
During the lifetime of the Prophet we used to take with us the meat of the sacrifices (of Id al Adha)
to Medina. (The narrator often said. The meat of the Hadi).
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 475:
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri:
that once he was not present (at the time of ‘Id-al-Adha) and when he came. some meat was
presented to him. and the people said (to him), ‘This is the meat of our sacrifices” He said. ‘Take it
away; I shall not taste it. (In his narration) Abu Sa’id added: I got up and went to my brother, Abu
Qatada (who was his maternal brother and was one of the warriors of the battle of Badr) and men –
tioned that to him He Sad. ‘A new verdict was given in your absence (i.e., meat of sacrifices was al –
lowed to be stored and eaten later on).”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 476:
Narrated Salama bin Al-Aqua’:
The Prophet said, “Whoever has slaughtered a sacrifice should not keep anything of Its meat after
three days.” When it was the next year the people said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we do as we did last
year?” He said, ‘ Eat of it and feed of it to others and store of it for in that year the people were having
a hard time and I wanted you to help (the needy).”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 477:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
We used to salt some of the meat of sacrifice and present it to the Prophet at Medina. Once he said,
“Do not eat (of that meat) for more than three days.” That was not a final order, but (that year) he
wanted us to feed of it to others, Allah knows better.