43/32. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4419 — Personal and Delegated Sacrificial Slaughter
Someone Else Slaughtering A Man's sacrificial Animal
Sacrificial Slaughter: Doing Some Personally and Delegating Some
Sunan an-Nasai : 4419
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4419
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحَرَ بَعْضَ بُدْنِهِ بِيَدِهِ وَنَحَرَ بَعْضَهَا غَيْرُهُ .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah slaughtered some of his sacrificial animals with his own hand, and someone else slaughtered some of them. (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4419In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 59English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4424
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4419
This hadith gives a simple report about handling several sacrificial animals. Jabir bin Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah slaughtered some of his sacrificial animals with his own hand, while another person slaughtered some of them. The main teaching is limited but useful: the Prophet personally performed part of the slaughter and allowed another person to perform part of it. This makes the narration relevant to searches about delegating Qurbani slaughter or slaughtering a sacrifice on someone's behalf. The text does not name the other person in this version, explain how the animals were divided, or give a full set of delegation rules. A careful explanation should therefore stay with what Jabir reported: personal participation and assistance from someone else both occurred in the same group of sacrificial animals.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet slaughtered some of his sacrificial animals personally.
- Another person slaughtered some of the remaining animals.
- The report shows both personal action and delegated help in one event.
- The narration does not add further details about the other slaughterer.
