Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet offered a two rak`at prayer on the Day of Id ul Fitr and he did not pray before or after it. Then he went towards women along with Bilal and ordered them to pay alms and so they started giving their earrings and necklaces (in charity).
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, The first thing that we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return to slaughter the sacrifice. So anyone who does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, it was just meat which he presented to his family and would not be considered as Nusuk. A person from the Ansar named Abu Burda bin Niyyar said, O Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered the Nusuk (before the prayer) but I have a young shegoat which is better than an older sheep. The Prophet I said, Sacrifice it in lieu of the first, but it will be not sufficient (as a sacrifice) for anybody else after you.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I was with Ibn `Umar when a spear head pierced the sole of his foot and his foot stuck to the paddle of the saddle and I got down and pulled his foot out, and that happened in Mina. Al-Hajjaj got the news and came to inquire about his health and said, Alas! If we could only know the man who wounded you! Ibn `Umar said, You are the one who wounded me. Al-Hajjaj said, How is that? Ibn `Umar said, You have allowed the arms to be carried on a day on which nobody used to carry them and you allowed arms to be carried in the Haram even though it was not allowed before.
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin `Amr bin Sa`id bin Al-`Aas: Al-Hajjaj went to Ibn `Umar while I was present there. Al-Hajjaj asked Ibn `Umar, How are you? Ibn `Umar replied, I am all right, Al-Hajjaj asked, Who wounded you? Ibn `Umar replied, The person who allowed arms to be carried on the day on which it was forbidden to carry them (he meant Al-Hajjaj).
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara': The Prophet delivered the Khutba on the day of Nahr (`Id-ul-Adha) and said, The first thing we should do on this day of ours is to pray and then return and slaughter (our sacrifices). So anyone who does so he acted according to our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered before the prayer then it was just meat that he offered to his family and would not be considered as a sacrifice in any way. My uncle Abu Burda bin Niyyar got up and said, O, Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep. The Prophet said, Slaughter it in lieu of the first and such a goat will not be considered as a sacrifice for anybody else after you.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhul Hijja). Then some companions of the Prophet said, Not even Jihad? He replied, Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in danger (for Allah's sake) and does not return with any of those things.
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