The Book of Sacrifices

Book 35 of 57 · Sahih Muslim

62 hadith Hadith 4928–4989 Sunni
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Book 35 of 57

The Book of Sacrifices

Sahih Muslim

62 hadith Hadith 4928–4989 Sunni

About This Book

Compiled during the 837–875 CE period by ibn al-Hajjaj.

The Book of Sacrifices is book 35 of 57 in Sahih Muslim, containing 62 hadith.

Geography

This collection was compiled primarily in Nishapur (Naysabur), Khorasan.

Narrators in This Book

This book features 21 narrators in its chains of transmission. The most frequently cited are Al-Bara' b. 'Azib, Jabir, Anas, Rafi' bin Khadij bin Rafi', Umm Salamah.

Hadith in This Book 62 hadith

1 4928 Sahih
I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on the day of 'Id al-Adha. While he had not returned after having offered (the Id prayer) and finished it, he saw the flesh of the sacrificial…
2 4929 Sahih
I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (on the occasion) of 'Id al-Adha. After he had completed the prayer with people, he found that the goats had been slaughtered, whereupon he said:…
3 4930 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-Aswad b. Qais with the same chain of transmitters.
4 4931 Sahih
I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observing ('Id) prayer on the Day of Sacrifice (10th of Dhu'l-Hijja) and then delivering a sermon and he said: He who sacrificed the (animal) before…
5 4932 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba through another chain of transmitters.
6 4933 Sahih
My maternal uncle Abu Burda sacrificed his animal before ('Id) prayer. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: That is a goat (slaughtered for the sake of) flesh (and not as a…
7 4934 Sahih
Apostle of Allah, it is the day of meat and it is not desirable (to have longing for it and not to make use of it immediately), so I hastened in offering my animal as a sacrifice,…
8 4935 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delivered an address on the day (of Nahr) in which he said: None of you should offer sacrifice of animals until he has completed the ('Id) prayer. Thereupon…
9 4936 Sahih
He who observes prayer like our prayer and turns his face towards our Qibla (in prayer) and who offers sacrifices (of animals) as we do, he must not slaughter the (animal as a…
10 4937 Sahih
The first (act) with which we started our day (the day of 'Id-ul Adha) was that we offered prayer. We then returned and sacrificed the animals and he who did that in fact adhered…
11 4938 Sahih
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib through another chain of transmitters.
12 4939 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed us on the day of Nahr after the ('Id) prayer. The rest of the hadith is the same.
13 4940 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed us on the day of Nahr and said: None should sacrifice the animal unless he has completed the ('Id) prayer. A person said: I have a milch goat of…
14 4941 Sahih
Offer a substitute for it (since it does not absolve you of the responsibility of sacrifice). Thereupon he said: Allah's Messenger. I have nothing with me but a goat of less than…
15 4942 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters, but did not mention tht doubt (expressed in his statement) That is (the goat of less…
16 4943 Sahih
He who slaughtered (the animal as a sacrifice) before the ('Id) prayer. should repeat it (i. e. offer another animal). Thereupon a person stood up and said: Messenger of Allah,…
17 4944 Sahih
He who slaughtered the animal before prayer should slaughter (another animal as a sacrifice). The rest of the hadith is the same.
18 4945 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed us on the day of 'Id al-Adha. He smelt the odour of flesh and he prohibited thern from slaughtering (the animals before the 'Id prayer), saying: He…
19 4946 Sahih
Sacrifice only a grown-up animal, unless it is difficult for you, in which case sacrifice a ram (of even less than a year, but more than six months' age).
20 4947 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in the 'Id prayer in Medina on the Day of Sacrifice. Some persons slaughtered their animals ahead of him under the impression that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)…
21 4948 Sahih
You sacrifice it.
22 4949 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) distributed sacrificial animals (amongst us for sacrificing them on 'Id al-Adha). So we sacrificed them. There fell to my lot a lamb of less than one year I…
23 4950 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Uqba b. 'Amir al-Juhan with a slight change of wording.
24 4951 Sahih
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sacrificed with his own hands two horned rams which were white with black markings reciting the name of Allah and glorifying Him (saying…
25 4952 Sahih
I saw him sacrificing them with his own hand and saw him placing his foot on their sides, and recited the name of Allah and Glorified Him.
26 4953 Sahih
Qatada informed me that he had heard Anas saying that Allah's Messenger (may peace be npon him) sacrificed (the horned rams) and like that. I said: Did you (Qatada) hear from…
27 4954 Sahih
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Anas with a slight variation of wording.
28 4955 Sahih
Give me the large knife, and then said: Sharpen it on a stone. She did that. He then took it (the knife) and then the ram; he placed it on the ground and then sacrificed it,…
29 4956 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow, but we have no knives with us. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Make haste or be careful (in making…
30 4957 Sahih
While we were with Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) in Dhu'I-Hulaifa in Tihama, we got hold of goats and camels. Some persons (amongst us) made haste and boiled (the…
31 4958 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow, but we do not have long knives with us, should we then slaughter them with the peel of the reed? The rest of the…
32 4959 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id b. Masruq with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
33 4960 Sahih
Allah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow. and we do not have large knives with us. The rest of the hadith is the same, but no mention is made of this:" The…
34 4961 Sahih
I was with 'Ali b. Abi Talib on the occasion of the 'Id day. He started with the 'Id prayer before delivering the sermon, and said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to eat the…
35 4962 Sahih
He led us in prayer before delivering the sermon and then addressed the people saying: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden you to eat the flesh of your sacrificial animals beyond…
36 4963 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
37 4964 Sahih
None of you should eat the flesh of his sacrificial animal beyond three days.
38 4965 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.
39 4966 Sahih
Ibn 'Umar did not eat the flesh of the sacrificial animals beyond three (days). Ibn Abu 'Umar said:" Beyond three days."
40 4967 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (people) to cat the flesh of sacrificed animals beyond three days. Abdullah b. Abu Bakr said, I made a mention of that to 'Amra, whereupon she said:…
41 4968 Sahih
Eat, make a provision, and keep it.
42 4969 Sahih
We did not eat the flesh of our sacrificial animals beyond three days in Mina. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permitted us saying: Eat and make it a provision (for journey). I asked…
43 4970 Sahih
We did not eat the flesh of sacrificed animals beyond three (days), but then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us to make it a provision for journey and cat it (beyond three days).
44 4971 Sahih
We made provision (out of the flesh of sacrificed animals for our journey) to Medina during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
45 4972 Sahih
O people of Medina, do not eat the flesh of sacrificed animals beyond three days. Ibn al-Muthanni said: Three days. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) complained to the…
46 4973 Sahih
He who sacrifices (animal) among you nothing should be left in his house (out of its flesh) on the morning of the third day. When it was the next year they (his Companions) said:…
47 4974 Sahih
Thauban, make his meat usable (for journey), and I continuously served him that until he arrived in Medina.
48 4975 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mu'awiya b. Salih with the same chain of transmitters.
49 4976 Sahih
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me on the occasion of Hajjat-al-Wada' (the Farewell Pilgrimage): Make the flesh usable. So I made it usable (for him) and he ate it constantly until…
50 4977 Sahih
I prohibited you from visiting the graves, but (now) you may visit them, and I prohibited you (from eating) the flesh of sacrific- ed animals beyond three days, but now keep it as…
51 4978 Sahih
I used to forbid you. The rest of the hadith is the same.
52 4979 Sahih
(The sacrifice of Fara' and 'Atira) has no (sanction in Islam). Ibn Rafi' made this addition in his narration that Fara' means the first-born young one of a camel.
53 4980 Sahih
When any one of you intending to sacrifice the animal enters in the month (of Dhu'l-Hijja) he should not get his hair or nails touched (cut). It was said to Sufyan that some of…
54 4981 Sahih
If anyone of you intends to offer sacrifice he should not get his hair cut or nails trimmed.
55 4982 Sahih
If anyone has in his possession a sacrificial animal to offer as a sacrifice (on 'Id al-Adha), he should not get his hair cut and nails trimmed after he has entered the first days…
56 4983 Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Amr b. Muslim with the same chain of transmitters.
57 4984 Sahih
He who has a sacrificial animal with him whom (he intends) to offer as sacrifice, and he enters the month of Dhu'I-Hijja, he should not get his hair cut or nails trimmed until he…
58 4985 Sahih
While we were in a bathroom just before 'Id al-Adha some of the persons tried to remove the hair with the help of hair-removing chemicals. Thereupon some of the people owning the…
59 4986 Sahih
Amr b. Muslim al-Jundani reported that Ibn Musayyib had told him that it was Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), who had informed him of that as narrated above.
60 4987 Sahih
I was in the company of 'Ali b. Abi Talib, when a person came to him, and said: What was it that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) told you in secret? Thereupon he (liadrat 'All) was enraged…
61 4988 Sahih
We said to 'Ali b. Abi Talib: Inform us about something which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told you in secret, whereupon he said: He told me nothing in secret which he bid from people,…
62 4989 Sahih
'Ali was asked whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had showed special favour (by disclosing to him) a thing (which he kept secret from others). Thereupon he said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)…