Muwatta Malik #1077
Sacrificial Animals
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، ضَحَّى مَرَّةً بِالْمَدِينَةِ . قَالَ نَافِعٌ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ لَهُ كَبْشًا فَحِيلاً أَقْرَنَ ثُمَّ أَذْبَحَهُ يَوْمَ الأَضْحَى فِي مُصَلَّى النَّاسِ . قَالَ نَافِعٌ فَفَعَلْتُ ثُمَّ حُمِلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَحَلَقَ رَأْسَهُ حِينَ ذُبِحَ الْكَبْشُ وَكَانَ مَرِيضًا لَمْ يَشْهَدِ الْعِيدَ مَعَ النَّاسِ . قَالَ نَافِعٌ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ حِلاَقُ الرَّأْسِ بِوَاجِبٍ عَلَى مَنْ ضَحَّى . وَقَدْ فَعَلَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that one time Abdullah
ibn Umar wanted to sacrifice an animal at Madina. Nafi said, "He told
me to buy him an excellent horned ram, then to sacrifice it on the Day
of Sacrifice in the place where the people prayed." Nafi continued, "I
did so and when the ram was sacrificed, it was carried to Abdullah ibn
Umar who shaved his head. He was ill, and did not attend the Id with
the people." Nafi added, "Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, 'Shaving the
head is not obligatory for someone who sacrifices an animal.' Ibn Umar
would do so however."
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This hadith is #1077 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Sacrificial Animals.