Al-Bara' reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) having said: 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 sacrifice) until he has completed the prayer. Thereupon my maternal uncle said: Messenger of Allah, I have sacrificed the animal on behalf of my son. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: This is the thing in which you have made haste for your family. He said: I have a goat with me better than two goats. Thereupon he said: Sacrifice it for that is the best.
Read More..Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) having said: 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 to our Sunnah (practice). And he who slaughtered the (animal on that day before the 'Id prayer), for him (the slaughtering of animal was directed to the acquiring of) meat for his family, and there is nothing of the sort of sacrifice in it. It was Abu Burda b. Niyar who had slaughtered (the animal before the 'Id prayer). He said: I have a small lamb, of less than one year, but better than that of more than a year. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) qaid: Sacrifice it, but it will not suffice (as a sacrifice) for anyone after you.
Read More..A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of al-Bara' b. 'Azib through another chain of transmitters.
Read More..al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) addressed us on the day of Nahr after the ('Id) prayer. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 less than one year, better than two fat goats. Thereupon he said: Sacrifice it, and no goat of less than a year of age will be accepted as sacrifice after you.
Read More..Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Burda slaughtered the animal as a sacrifice before the ('Id) prayer. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: 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 six months. Shu'ba (one of the narrators) said: I think he (al-Bara' b. 'Azib also) said: And it is better than a goat of one year. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Make it a substitute for that (and sacrifice it), but it will not suffice for anyone (as a sacrifice) after you
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