The elderly and the stem
الْمُسِنَّةُ وَالْجَذَعَةُ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Sacrifices(view book)
Abū Dāwud > al-Ḥasan / Ibn Muḥammad b. Aʿyan al-Ḥarrānī Waʾabū Jaʿfar b. Nufayl al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Sacrifice only a full-grown animal unless it is difficult for you, in which case sacrifice a lamb.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ وَأَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ نُفَيْلٍ النُّفَيْلِيَّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تَذْبَحُوا إِلَّا مُسِنَّةً إِلَّا أَنْ يَعْسُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَذْبَحُوا جَذَعَةً مِنَ الضَّأْنِ»
Classification
Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > ʿUqbah
that the Prophet ﷺ had given him sheep to distribute among his companions and a male kid was left (after the distribution). When he informed the Prophet ﷺ of it, he said (to him), "Offer it as a sacrifice on your behalf."
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْطَاهُ غَنَمًا يَقْسِمُهَا عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَبَقِيَ عَتُودٌ فَذَكَرَهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ضَحِّ بِهِ أَنْتَ»