English translation
5560. Narrated Al-Barā’ رضي الله عنه: I heard the Prophet ﷺ delivering a Khutba, and he said (on the Day of ‘Eid-ul-Adhā), “The first thing we will do on this day of ours is that we will offer the ‘Eid prayer, then we will return and slaughter our sacrifices; and whoever does so, then indeed he has followed our legal way and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice [before the (‘Eid) prayer], what he offered was just meat that he presented to his family and that was not a sacrifice.” Abū Burda got up and said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! I slaughtered the sacrifice before the (‘Eid’) Ṣalāt (prayer) and I have got a Jadhā’a (kid) which is better than an old sheep.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Slaughter it to make up for that, but it will not be sufficient for anybody else after you.”