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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الأضاحى
The Book of Sacrifices
" إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ هِلاَلَ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَأَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ فَلْيُمْسِكْ عَنْ شَعْرِهِ وَأَظْفَارِهِ "
If anyone has in his possession a sacrificial animal to offer as a sacrifice (on 'Id al-Adha), he should not get his hair cut and nails trimmed after he has entered the first days of Dhu'l Hijja
More from The Book of Sacrifices
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 1977d
If anyone of you intends to offer sacrifice he should not get his hair cut or nails trimmed.
- Hadith 1963
Sacrifice only a grown-up animal, unless it is difficult for you, in which case sacrifice a ram (of even less than a year, but more than six months' age).
- Hadith 1970b
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 1972b
We did not eat the flesh of our sacrificial animals beyond three days in Mina. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permitted us saying: Eat and make it a provision (for…
- Hadith 1960d
I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observing ('Id) prayer on the Day of Sacrifice (10th of Dhu'l-Hijja) and then delivering a sermon and he said: He who sacrificed…
- Hadith 1961g
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed us on the day of Nahr after the ('Id) prayer. The rest of the hadith is the same.