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Sunan Ibn Majah 3136 (Book 26, Hadith 17) #32490
Sacrificing Sheep Instead of Camel

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ advised a man to buy seven sheep and slaughter them as a sacrifice instead of buying a camel.

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that a man came to the Prophet and said: "I have to offer a sacrifice and I can afford it, but I cannot find (a camel) to buy". The Prophet told him to buy seven sheep and slaughter them.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْبُرْسَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عَطَاءٌ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ ـ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلَىَّ بَدَنَةً وَأَنَا مُوسِرٌ بِهَا وَلاَ أَجِدُهَا فَأَشْتَرِيَهَا ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ـ ـ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ سَبْعَ شِيَاهٍ فَيَذْبَحَهُنَّ

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sacrifice  *  sheep  *  camel  *  qurbani  *  bakra  *  hadi

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous in your offerings even if you cannot afford something expensive or grand; Give what you have with sincerity; Be content with what you have; Do not feel envious of those who are able to give more than you.
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's advice to a man who wanted to offer a sacrifice but could not afford to buy a camel. The Prophet told him that he should buy seven sheep instead and slaughter them as an offering. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous in our offerings even if we cannot afford something expensive or grand. We can still give what we have with sincerity and it will be accepted by Allah. It also shows us the importance of being content with what we have and not feeling envious of those who are able to give more than us.

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