أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زُبَيْدٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا الْبَرَائُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ عِنْدَ سَارِيَةٍ مِنْ سَوَارِي الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ خَطَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ ثُمَّ نَذْبَحَ فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِکَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَا وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ ذَلِکَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ يُقَدِّمُهُ لِأَهْلِهِ فَذَبَحَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ دِينَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ قَالَ اذْبَحْهَا وَلَنْ تُوفِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1568
Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib narrated to us by one of the pillars of the Masjid: “The Prophet delivered a Khutbah on the day of An-Nafzr and said: ‘The first thing we start with on this day of ours is the prayer, then we offer the sacrifice. Whoever does that, he has followed our Sunnah, but whoever slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the (prayer), that is just meat that be gave to his family.’ Abu Burdah bin Niyar had slaughtered his sacrifice and he said: ‘Messenger of Allah, I have a Jadha’ah’that is better than a Musinnah.’ He said: ‘Slaughter it (as a sacrifice), but that will not be sufficient for anyone else (as a sacrifice) after you.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020