Hadith #50
Arabic Text
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ وحُجَيْنٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنْ خَالِهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا عَجَّلْنَا شَاةَ لَحْمٍ لَنَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ أَقَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ تِلْكَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا عَنَاقًا جَذَعَةً هِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ قَالَ تُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ وَلَا تُجْزِئُ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَهُ
Isnad Chain
حجاج وحجين
إسرائيل
أبي إسحاق
البراء
خاله أبي بردة
English Translation
Ḥajjāj and Ḥujayn narrated to us, they said: Isrāʾīl narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from al-Barāʾ, from his maternal uncle Abū Burdah, who said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we slaughtered our meat-sheep early.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Before the prayer?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That is merely a meat-sheep (not a valid sacrifice).' He said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, we have a young she-goat (ʿanāq jadhaʿah) that is dearer to me than a full-grown one.' He said: 'It suffices for you, but it will not suffice for anyone after you.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 32, Hadith 50
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15888
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-52278