Hadith 2055

Chapter 2

باب 2

(2) باب سِنِّ الأُضْحِيَةِ

(2) Chapter: The age of sacrificial animals (DE)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَذْبَحُوا إِلاَّ مُسِنَّةً إِلاَّ أَنْ يَعْسُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَذْبَحُوا جَذَعَةً مِنَ الضَّأْنِ " .

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sacrifice only a grown-up animal, unless it is difficult for you, in which case sacrifice a ram (of even less than a year, but more than six months' age). (DE)

Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 1963 (DE)

In-book reference (DE): Book 35, Hadith 19 (DE)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 22, Hadith 4836 (DE)