Muwatta Malik #1078
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 يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ بْنَ نِيَارٍ، ذَبَحَ ضَحِيَّتَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ، رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ الأَضْحَى فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعُودَ بِضَحِيَّةٍ أُخْرَى . قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ لاَ أَجِدُ إِلاَّ جَذَعًا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ . قَالَ
" وَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْ إِلاَّ جَذَعًا فَاذْبَحْ " .
ahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Bushayr
ibn Yasar that Abu Burda ibn Niyar sacrificed an animal before the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
sacrificed on the Day of Sacrifice. He asserted that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to
sacrifice another animal, and he, Abu Burda, said, "What if I can only
find an animal less than one year old, Messenger of Allah?" He had
said, "If you can only find a young animal, then sacrifice it."
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This hadith is #1078 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Sacrificial Animals.