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Zād al-MaʿādIbn al-Qayyim

Dāwūd (1), from Alī, who said: “When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, slaughtered his sacrificial camels, he slaughtered thirty with his own hand, then instructed me to slaughter the rest”?

We reply: This is an error in which the narrator reversed the figures, for it was Alī who slaughtered thirty. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, slaughtered seven with his own hand, without either Alī or Jābir witnessing him. He then slaughtered another sixty-three, leaving thirty (2) of the hundred, which Alī slaughtered. Thus, the narrator confused the number slaughtered by Alī with the number slaughtered by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

If it is asked: What, then, do you make of the hadith of Abd Allāh ibn Qurt (3), who reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The greatest day in Allah’s sight is the Day of Sacrifice, followed by the Day of al-Qarr (4)”? This is the second day. He continued: “Five sacrificial camels were brought to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and they began (5) drawing close to him, each seeking to be the first. When they had fallen on their sides, he spoke quietly, saying something I did not understand. I asked, ‘What did he say?’ He replied, ‘Whoever wishes may cut off a portion’” (6).

(1) Ahmad (1374) and Abū Dāwūd (1764). Its chain of transmission includes Muhammad ibn Ishāq, who narrates it using ‘an (from), without explicitly stating direct transmission. Its text is munkar (rejected), because it contradicts Jābir’s hadith in Muslim (1218). See Da‘īf Abī Dāwūd—al-Umm, 2/147. (2) This is the reading in all manuscripts, in the accusative case. (3) ك: “Qīrāt,” a textual corruption. (4) ك: “al-nafr (departure),” contrary to the other manuscripts and the sources cited for the hadith. (5) ص: “fa-tafiqa (then he began).” (6) Reported by Ahmad (19075), Abū Dāwūd (1765), and al-Nasā’ī in al-Kubrā (4098), from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Qurt—may Allah be pleased with him. It was graded authentic by Ibn Khuzayma (2917), Ibn Hibbān (2811), al-Hākim (4/221), and al-Albānī in al-Irwā’ (7/19). Al-Bayhaqī (7/288) said: “Its chain of transmission is hasan (good).”

داود (١) عن علي قال: لمَّا نحر رسول الله ﷺ بُدْنَه فنحرَ ثلاثين بيده، وأمرني فنحرتُ سائرها. قلنا: هذا غلطٌ انقلب على الرَّاوي، فإنَّ الذي نحر ثلاثين هو علي، فإنَّ النبيَّ ﷺ نحر سبعًا بيده، لم يشاهده علي ولا جابر، ثمَّ نحر ثلاثًا وستِّين أخرى، فبقي من المائة ثلاثين (٢)، فنحرها علي، فانقلب على الرَّاوي عددُ ما نحره عليٌّ بما نحره النبيُّ ﷺ. فإن قيل: فما تصنعون بحديث عبد الله بن قُرط (٣) عن النبيِّ ﷺ قال: «إنَّ أعظم الأيَّام عند الله يوم النَّحر، ثمَّ يوم القَرِّ (٤)». وهو اليوم الثَّاني. قال: وقُرِّب لرسول الله ﷺ بَدَناتٌ خمسٌ، فطَفِقْن (٥) يَزدلِفْن إليه بأيَّتهنَّ يبدأ؟ فلمَّا وجبَتْ جنوبها قال، فتكلَّم بكلمةٍ خفيَّةٍ لم أفهمها، فقلت ما قال؟ قال: «من شاء اقْتطعَ» (٦).

(١) أحمد (١٣٧٤) وأبو داود (١٧٦٤)، وفي إسناده محمد بن إسحاق، وقد عنعنه ولم يصرح بالتحديث، ومتنه منكر لمخالفته حديث جابر عند مسلم (١٢١٨). انظر: «ضعيف أبي داود - الأم» (٢/ ١٤٧). (٢) كذا في جميع النسخ منصوبًا. (٣) ك: «قيراط»، تحريف. (٤) ك: «النفر» خلاف بقية النسخ ومصادر التخريج. (٥) ص: «فطفق». (٦) رواه أحمد (١٩٠٧٥) وأبو داود (١٧٦٥) والنسائي في «الكبرى» (٤٠٩٨) من حديث عبد الله بن قرط- ﵁، وصححه ابن خزيمة (٢٩١٧) وابن حبان (٢٨١١) والحاكم (٤/ ٢٢١) والألباني في «الإرواء» (٧/ ١٩)، وقال البيهقي (٧/ ٢٨٨): إسناده حسن.