أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ الْبَرَائِ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّی صَلَاتَنَا وَنَسَکَ نُسُکَنَا فَقَدْ أَصَابَ النُّسُکَ وَمَنْ نَسَکَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَتِلْکَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بْنُ نِيَارٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ نَسَکْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الْيَوْمَ يَوْمُ أَکْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ فَتَعَجَّلْتُ فَأَکَلْتُ وَأَطْعَمْتُ أَهْلِي وَجِيرَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تِلْکَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ قَالَ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي جَذَعَةً خَيْرٌ مِنْ شَاتَيْ لَحْمٍ فَهَلْ تُجْزِي عَنِّي قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَنْ تُجْزِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1586
It was narrated that Al-Bara’ said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم addressed us on the day of AnNar….. after the prayer, then he said: ‘Whoever prays and offers the sacrifice as we do, his ritual is complete, and whoever offers the sacrifice before the prayer, that is just ordinary meat.’ Abu Burdah bin Niyar said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, by Allah we offered the sacrifice before I came out to the prayer, because I knew that today is the day of eating and drinking, so I hastened to do it and I ate of it and fed it to my family and neighbors.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘That is just a sheep for meat.’ He said: ‘I have a Jadha’ah that is better than two meaty sheep, will that be sufficient (as a sacrifice) for me?’ He said: ‘Yes, it will not be sufficient for anyone after you.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020