و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ح و حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا زَکَرِيَّائُ عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَلَّی صَلَاتَنَا وَوَجَّهَ قِبْلَتَنَا وَنَسَکَ نُسُکَنَا فَلَا يَذْبَحْ حَتَّی يُصَلِّيَ فَقَالَ خَالِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ نَسَکْتُ عَنْ ابْنٍ لِي فَقَالَ ذَاکَ شَيْئٌ عَجَّلْتَهُ لِأَهْلِکَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي شَاةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَاتَيْنِ قَالَ ضَحِّ بِهَا فَإِنَّهَا خَيْرُ نَسِيکَةٍ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5072
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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020