أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَی بَنِي أَسَدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الضَّحَّاکِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ مَوْلَی بَنِي شَيْبَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلْبَرَائِ حَدِّثْنِي عَمَّا نَهَی عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الْأَضَاحِيِّ قَالَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيَدِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالَ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَجُزْنَ الْعَوْرَائُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَرْجَائُ الْبَيِّنُ ظَلْعُهَا وَالْکَسِيرَةُ الَّتِي لَا تُنْقِي قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَکْرَهُ أَنْ يَکُونَ فِي الْقَرْنِ نَقْصٌ وَأَنْ يَکُونَ فِي السِّنِّ نَقْصٌ قَالَ مَا کَرِهْتَهُ فَدَعْهُ وَلَا تُحَرِّمْهُ عَلَی أَحَدٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4384
It was narrated that Abu Ad-Dahhak ‘Ubaid bin Fairuz, the freed slave of Banu Shaiban, said: “I said to Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib: ‘Tell me of the sacrificial animals that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم disliked or forbade.’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم stood up, and my hands are shorter than his, and he said: “There are four that will not do as sacrifices: The animal that clearly has one bad eye; the sick animal that is obviously sick; the lame animal with an obvious limp; and the animal that is so emaciated that it is as if there is no marrow in its bones.” I said: ‘I dislike that the animal should have some fault in its horns or teeth.’ He said: ‘What you dislike, forget about it and do not make it forbidden to anyone.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020