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).
Read More..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.
Read More..Narrated Abu `Ubaid: the freed slave of Ibn Azhar that he witnessed the Day of `Id-al-Adha with `Umar bin Al-Khattab. `Umar offered the `Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people, saying, O people! Allah's Apostle has forbidden you to fast (on the first day of) each of these two 'Ida, for one of them is the Day of breaking your fast, and the other is the one, on which you eat the meat of your sacrifices.
Read More..Narrated Abu `Ubaid: (in continuation of above). Then I witnessed the `Id with `Uthman bin `Affan, and that was on a Friday. He offered the prayer before the sermon, saying, O people! Today you have two 'Its (festivals) together, so whoever of those who live at Al-`Awali (suburbs) would like to wait for the Jumua prayer, he may wait, and whoever would like to return (home) Is granted my permission to do so.
Read More..Narrated Abu `Ubaid: (in continuation of above). Then I witnessed (the 'Its) with `Ali bin Abi Talib, and he too offered the `Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people and said, Allah's Apostle has forbidden you to eat the meat of your sacrifices for more than three days.
Read More..Narrated Salim: `Abdullah bin `Umar said, Allah's Apostle said, Eat of the meat of sacrifices (of `Id al Adha) for three days. When `Abdullah departed from Mina, he used to eat (bread with) oil, lest he should eat of the meat of Hadi (which is regarded as unlawful after the three days of the `Id).
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