“I attended (the day of) sacrifice with the Messenger of Allah He led the people 9in prayer, then when he finished praying he saw some sheep that had been sacrificed. He said ‘Whoever slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer. Let him slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer, let him slaughter a sheep in its place, […]
“IU said to Al-Bara bin Azib: ‘Tell me of the sacrificial animals that the Messenger of Allah disliked or forbade, He said: The Messenger of Allah stood up, and my hands are shorter than his, and he said: “There are four that will not do as sacrifices: the animals that clearly has one bad eye: […]
“when the (first) ten (days of Dhul-Jijjah) begin, and one of you wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not remove anything from his hair or skin.”
“I have been instructed to take the Day of Sacrifice as an ‘Id which Allah, the Might and Sublime, has ordained for this Ummah.” The man said: “What do you think if I cannot find anything but a female sheep that has been loaned to me so that I may benefit from its milk – […]
‘Abdullah told him that the Messenger of Allah used to offer the sacrifice at the prayer place.
“Whoever sees the new crescent of Dhul-Hijjah and wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not remove any of his hair or nails until he has offered the sacrifice.”
“Ibn Al-Musayyab told me that Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet told him that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not remove anything from his nails or cut his hair for the first ten days Dhul-Jijjah.”‘
“Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice when dhul-Hijjah begins, let him not remove anything from his hair or nails.” I (the narrator) mentioned that to ‘Ikrimah, and he said: “Should he not also keep away from women and perfume?”
“I asked ‘Abdullah bin Abu Awfa about killing locusts and he said: I went on six campaigns with the Messenger of Allah hand we ate locusts.”
“An ant bit one of the prophets, and he ordered that the ant nest be burned. Then Allah revealed to him: “One ant bit you, and you destroyed one of the nations that glorify Allah.”