"The Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)used tosacrifice two horned, black-and-white rams and he would saythe Nameof Allah and pronounce His greatness. I saw him slaughteringthemwith his own hand, putting his foot on their sides."
"The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) sacrificed two rams on the Day of `Eid. When he turnedthemto face towards the prayer direction he said: `Verily, I haveturned my face towards Him Who has created the heavens and the earth,as a monotheist, and I am not of the polytheists. Verily, my prayer,my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of allthat exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded,andI am the first of the Muslims. [6:79,162-163] O Allah, from YoutoYou, on behalf of Muhammad and his nation.'"
It was narrated from `Aishah and Abu Hurairah that when the MessengerofAllah (Peach be upon him) wanted to offer a sacrifice, he brought two large, fat,horned, black-and-white, castrated rams. He slaughtered one on behalfof his nation, for whoever testified to Allah with monotheism andthathe had conveyed (the Message), and he slaughtered the other onbehalfof Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (Peach be upon him).
"I asked Ibn `Umaraboutsacrifices and whether they are obligatory. He said: `the Messengerof Allah (Peach be upon him) and the Muslims after him offered sacrifices,and thisis the Sunnah.'"
It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet (Peach be upon him) said:
"The son ofAdam does not do any deed on the Day of Sacrifice that is dearer toAllah than shedding blood. It will come on the Day of Resurrectionwith its horns and cloven hoofs and hair. Its blood is accepted byAllah before it reaches the ground. So be content when you do it."
"The Companions of the Messengerof Allah (Peach be upon him) said: `O Messenger of Allah, what are thesesacrifices?' He said: `The Sunnah of your father Ibrahim.' Theysaid:`What is there for us in them, O Messenger of Allah?' Hesaid: `Forevery hair, one merit.' They said: `What about wool,O Messenger of Allah?' He said: `For every hair of wool, onemerit.'"
"I went out with Abu Sa'eedAz-Zuraqi, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him), to buyanimalsor sacrifice." Yunus said: "Abu Sa'eed pointed to a ramthat had someblackness around its ears and jaw, and was neither toobig nor toosmall, and said to me: `Buy this one for them, as itseems to resemblethe ram of the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him).'"
"We were with the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) on a journey, and the (day of) Al-Adha came. We(sacrificed) one camel on behalf of ten (people) and one cow onbehalfof seven."
It was narrated from `Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)sacrificedone cow during the Farewell Pilgrimage on behalf of thefamily ofMuhammad (Peach be upon him).
It was narrated from Ibn `Abbas that a man came to the Prophet (Peach be upon him)andsaid:
"I have to offer a sacrifice and I can afford it, but Icannot find (a camel) to buy." The Prophet (Peach be upon him) told him to buysevensheep and slaughter them.
"We were with the Messengerof Allah (Peach be upon him) in Dhul-Hulaifah in (the land of) Tihamah. Weacquiredsheep and camels and the people hastened to put cooking potson thefires before they had been distributed. The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him)came to us and ordered that they be overturned,* then he madeonecamel equivalent to ten sheep."
It was narrated from `Uqbah bin `Amir Al-Juhani that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) gave him some sheep, and he distributed them among hisCompanions to be sacrificed. There remained an `Atud.* He mentionedthat to the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) and he said:
It was narrated from `Asim bin Kulaib that his father said:
"We werewith a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)who was called Mujashi', from Banu Sulaim, and sheep became scarce.Heordered a caller to call out that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)used tosay: `A Jadha'a suffices for whatever a two-year-oldsheep suffices.'"
"I heard `Ubaid bin Fairuz say: `Isaid to Bara' bin `Azib: "Tell us of the sacrificial animalsthat the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) disliked or forbade." He said:"Allah'sMessenger (Peach be upon him) said like this with his hand. And myhand is shorterthan his hand:* `There are four that will not beaccepted assacrifices: The one-eyed animal that is obviously blindin one eye;the sick animal that is obviously sick; the lame animalwith anobvious limp; and the animal that is so emaciated that it isas ifthere is no marrow in its bones.'" He said:** "And Idislike that theanimal should have some fault in its ears." Hesaid: "What youdislike, forget about it and do not make itforbidden to anyone."
It was narrated from Qatadah that he said that he heard Juray binKulaibnarrate that he heard `Ali narrate that the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) forbade sacrificing animals with broken horns and ears.
"We bought a ram forsacrifice, then a wolf tore some flesh from its rump and ears. Weasked the Prophet (Peach be upon him) and he told us to offer it as a sacrifice."
"I asked Abu AyyubAl-Ansari: `How were sacrifices offered among you at the time ofthe Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)?' He said: `At the time of theProphet (Peach be upon him),a man would sacrifice a sheep on behalf of himself andthe members ofhis household, and they would eat some of it and givesome to others.Then people started to compete and it because as yousee (nowadays).'"
"My family started to putpressureon me after I came to know the Sunnah. People used tosacrifice oneor two sheep, but now our neighbors call us stingy."
It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that a man slaughtered on the DayofSacrifice, (meaning) before the `Eid prayer, and the Prophet (Peach be upon him)ordered him to do it again.
It was narrated from Aswad bin Qais that he heard Jundub Al-Bajalisay:
"Iwas present on Adha day with the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him), andsomepeople slaughtered before the prayer. The Prophet (Peach be upon him) said:`Whoever among you has slaughtered before the prayer, let himrepeathis sacrifice, and whoever has not, let him offer hissacrifice in theName of Allah.'"
"The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) passed by one of the houses of the Ansar and noticed the smellof a cooking pot. He said: `Who is this who has slaughtered?' Amanfrom among us came out and said: `It is me, O Messenger of Allah, Islaughtered before the prayer so that I could feed my familyandneighbors.' He commanded him to repeat it. He said: `No, bythe Onebesides Whom there is none worthy of worship, I do not haveanythingbut a one-year-old sheep or a lamb.' He (Peach be upon him) said:`Sacrifice it, buta one-year-old sheep will not do for anyoneafter you.'"
`Abdur-Rahman bin Sa'd bin `Ammar bin Sa'd, the Mu'adhdhinof the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him), told us:
"My father told me, frommygrandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) slaughtered hissacrifice at the side of an alley, on the road of Banu Zuraiq, withhis own hand, using a blade."
`Alibin Abu Talib narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)commandedhim to distribute the entire sacrificial camel - its meat,skin andcovers - among the poor.
It was narrated from Jabir bin `Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him)ordered that a piece from every camel that had been slaughteredbe brought and placed in a pot, then they ate from its meat and dranksome of the broth.
"The Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) onlyforbade storing the meat of the sacrifices because the people werefacing hardship. Then later he permitted that."
12:32
0:56
7:18
23:52
4:20
20:03
2:31
35:25
20:01