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Sahih al-Bukhari 976 (Book 13, Hadith 25) #942
Offering Prayer and Slaughtering Sacrifice on Eid-ul-Adha

SUMMARY: The Prophet (pbuh) taught that the first act of worship on the day of Eid-ul-Adha is to offer prayer and then slaughter a sacrifice. He also said that if someone has already slaughtered their sacrifice before prayer, it would not be considered as a Nusuk.

Narrated Al-Bara': The Prophet ﷺ went towards Al-Baqi (the graveyard at Medina) on the day of Id-ul-Adha and offered a two-rak'at prayer (of 'Id-ul-Adha) and then faced us and said, "On this day of ours, our first act of worship is the offering of prayer and then we will return and slaughter the sacrifice, and whoever does this concords with our Sunna; and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before that (ie before the prayer) then that was a thing which he prepared earlier for his family and it would not be considered as a Nusuk (sacrifice)" A man stood up and said, "O, Allah's Messenger ﷺ! I slaughtered (the animal before the prayer) but I have a young she-goat which is better than an older sheep". The Prophet (pbuh) said to him, "Slaughter it. But a similar sacrifice will not be sufficient for anybody else after you".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ، قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أَضْحًى إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ نُسُكِنَا فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نَبْدَأَ بِالصَّلاَةِ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ وَافَقَ سُنَّتَنَا، وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَىْءٌ عَجَّلَهُ لأَهْلِهِ، لَيْسَ مِنَ النُّسُكِ فِي شَىْءٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي ذَبَحْتُ وَعِنْدِي جَذَعَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُسِنَّةٍ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ اذْبَحْهَا، وَلاَ تَفِي عَنْ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ
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prayer  *  sacrifice  *  iftar  *  dhabh  *  eiduladha

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Offer two rak'ats for prayers on Eid al Adha , Slaughter an animal according to Islamic traditions

EXPLANATIONS:
On the day of Eid al Adha, Muslims are commanded to offer two rak'ats of prayer as their first act of worship. After this, they should slaughter an animal as a sacrifice in accordance with Islamic tradition. If someone has already slaughtered their animal before offering prayer, it will not be considered as a Nusuk or sacrifice. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ also taught us to be generous and kind by allowing one man who had already sacrificed his animal before offering prayer to replace it with another better animal for his family's sake.

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