43/7. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4371 — Animals Not Permissible for Sacrifice
Emaciated Animals
Animals Not Permissible for Qurbani: Four Clear Defects
Sunan an-Nasai : 4371
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4371
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَاللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، وَذَكَرَ، آخَرَ وَقَدَّمَهُ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَيْرُوزَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَشَارَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَأَصَابِعِي أَقْصَرُ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُشِيرُ بِأَصْبُعِهِ يَقُولُ " لاَ يَجُوزُ مِنَ الضَّحَايَا الْعَوْرَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَوَرُهَا وَالْعَرْجَاءُ الْبَيِّنُ عَرَجُهَا وَالْمَرِيضَةُ الْبَيِّنُ مَرَضُهَا وَالْعَجْفَاءُ الَّتِي لاَ تُنْقِي " .
Al; -Bara bnin 'Azib Narrated from:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say" - and he gestured with his fingers, but his fingers were shorter than the fingers of the Messenger of Allah - he said "It is not permissible to offer as a sacrifice an animal that clearly has one bad eye, a lame animal that is obviously lame, as sick animal that is obviously sick, or an animals that is so emaciated that it is as if there is no marrow in its bones."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4371In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 11English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4376
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4371
This hadith gives a direct list of animals not permissible for the sacrifice described. The first is an animal that clearly has one bad eye. The second is an animal that is obviously lame. The third is an animal that is clearly sick. The fourth is an animal so thin and weak that it is described as having no marrow in its bones. Each condition is presented as visible and clear. That repeated emphasis helps a person understand the type of defect named in the report. The hadith does not discuss small, hidden, or uncertain marks, so the explanation should not add them. Its central message is to inspect a qurbani animal and avoid these four plainly serious defects.
What we learn from this hadith
- An animal with a clearly bad eye is not suitable for the sacrifice described.
- An animal with obvious lameness or sickness is not suitable.
- An extremely emaciated animal described as having no marrow is not suitable.
- The defects named in the text are clear and observable.
