Sacrifice & Qurbani

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I entered upon al-Hakam b. Ayyub along with Anas. He saw some youths or boys who had set up a hen and shooting at it. Anas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to kill an animal in confinement.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

The verse: "So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced" and the verse: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced" were abrogated, meaning an exception was made therein by the verse: "The...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

explaining the verse "But the evil ones ever inspire their friend to contend with you" They used to say: Do not eat which Allah killed, but eat which you slaughtered. So Allah revealed the verse: "Eat not of (meats) on...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

The Jews came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: We eat which we kill but we do not eat which Allah kills? So Allah revealed: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced." to the end...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade to eat (the meat of animals) slaughtered by the bedouins for vainglory and pride. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Ghundar narrated this tradition as a saying of Ibn 'Abbas (and not of the Prophet).

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, we shall meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives with us. May we kill with a sharp-edged white stone (flint) and with splinter of a...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I hunted two hares and slaughtered them with a flint. I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about them. He permitted me to eat them.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

A man of Banu Harith was pasturing a pregnant she-camel in one of the ravines of Uhud, (he saw that) it was about to die; he could find nothing to slaughter it; he took a stake and stabbed it in...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I said: Messenger of Allah, tell me when one of us catches game and has no knife; may he slaughter with a flint and a splinter of stick. He said: Cause the blood to flow with whatever you like and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

AbulUshara' reported on the authority of his father: He asked: Messenger of Allah, is the slaughtering to be done only in the upper part of the breast and the throat? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied: If you pierced its...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

Ibn Isa added: (Ibn Abbas) and AbuHurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade the devil's sacrifice. AbuIsa added in his version: This refers to the slaughtered animal whose skin cut off, and is then left to die without its...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the embryo. He replied: Eat it if you wish. Musaddad's version says: we said: Messenger of Allah, we slaughter a she-camel, a cow and a sheep, and we find an embryo in...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The slaughter of embryo is included when its mother is slaughtered.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

(the narrator Musa did not mention the words "from 'Aishah" in his version from Hammad, and al-Qa'nabi also did not mention the word "from 'Aishah" in his version from Malik). They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, there are people...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

A man called the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): We used to sacrifice Atirah in pre-Islamic days during Rajab; so what do you command us? He said: Sacrifice for the sake of Allah in any month whatever; obey Allah, Most High,...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

Prophet (ﷺ) sa saying: There is no fara' and 'atirah.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

Fara' was the first animal born to them (the Arabs) which they sacrificed.

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to sacrifice goat out of every fifty goats. Abu Dawud said: Fara' means the first baby camel born (to the Arabs). They used to sacrifice it for their idols, and then eat it, and...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Two resembling sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. AbuDawud said: I heard Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) say: The Arabic word mukafi'atani means equal (in age) or...

Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

I heard the Prophet (nay peace be upon him) say: Let the birds stay in their roosts. She said: I also heard him say: Two sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl, but it...