19/17.1. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1517 — Best Udhiyah Is a Ram
The Best Sacrifice Is The Male Sheep
Best Udhiyah Hadith: The Ram and the Hullah
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1517
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1517
حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ عُفَيْرِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خَيْرُ الأُضْحِيَةِ الْكَبْشُ وَخَيْرُ الْكَفَنِ الْحُلَّةُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَعُفَيْرُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ .
Narrated Abu Umamah: That The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: "The Best Of Udhiyah (Sacrifice) Is A Ram, And The Best (Burial) Shroud Is The Hullah."
[1] "Meaning an Izār and a Ridā ". In An-Nihāyah it says: ' Al-Hullah is singular for Hulal , a Yemeni Burūd . It will not be called " Hullah " unless it is two articles of clothing from the same cloth." ( Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi .)Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1517In-book reference : Book 19, Hadith 29English translation : Vol. 3, Book 17, Hadith 1517
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1517
Hadith 1517 says that the best Udhiyah is a ram, and the best burial shroud is the Hullah. The hadith brings two short statements together: one about sacrifice and one about shrouding. For readers searching best qurbani animal hadith, best udhiyah ram, or best burial shroud hadith, the text gives the wording plainly. Since the narration itself is brief, the explanation should not build extra rules from it. It simply points to the ram as the best Udhiyah in this report and names the Hullah as the best shroud in the same statement. This keeps the reader close to the actual words of the narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith names the ram as the best Udhiyah.
- It also names the Hullah as the best shroud.
- The narration joins sacrifice and burial shroud in one statement.
- The wording is brief, so extra details should not be added.
