35/3. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1966c — A Confirmed Report About the Prophet’s Sacrifice
It is recommended to select a good animal for the sacrifice and to slaughter it oneself, not delegating it to anyone else, and to say the name of Allah, and to say the Takbir
Hadith About Careful Reporting of the Prophet’s Sacrifice
Sahih Muslim : 1966c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1966c
وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ - حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . بِمِثْلِهِ . قَالَ قُلْتُ آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Shu'ba Narrated from:
Qatada informed me that he had heard Anas saying that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sacrificed (the horned rams) and like that. I said: Did you (Qatada) hear from Anas? He said. Yes.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1966cIn-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 26USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 22, Hadith 4843
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1966c
This Hadith is brief, but it matters because it confirms the narration about the Prophet’s sacrifice through Qatada from Anas. Shu’ba says Qatada informed him that he heard Anas saying the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم sacrificed, with wording like the earlier report. Shu’ba then asked Qatada whether he had heard it from Anas, and Qatada said yes. For a reader searching for a hadith about the Prophet’s Qurbani, this report shows both the sacrifice itself and the care taken in passing on the narration. The text does not add new sacrifice details, so the explanation should not add them either. Its clear lesson is careful reporting and keeping the meaning tied to what was actually heard.
What we learn from this hadith
- Hadith reports were checked by asking whether the narrator directly heard them.
- The narration stays connected to Anas’s report about the Prophet’s sacrifice.
- Care in transmission is part of preserving the meaning.
- Do not add details beyond what the report states.
