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4230. 'Amr bin Shu'âib bin Muḥammad bin 'Abdullâh bin 'Amr (narrated) that his father and Zaid bin Aslam said: “O Messenger of Allâh! (What about) the Fara'?” He said: “It is a duty,[1] but if you leave it (the animal) until it becomes half-grown and you load upon it (in Jihâd) in the cause of Allâh or give it to a widow, that is better than if you slaughter it (when it is just born) and its flesh is difficult to separate from its skin, then you turn your vessel upside down (because you will no longer be able to get milk from the mother) and you cause your she-camel to grieve (at the loss of its young).” They said: “O Messenger of Allâh, (what about)
the 'Atīrah'?" He said: "The 'Atīrah is a duty."[1] (Hasan)
Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā'ī) said: Abū 'Alī Al-Ḥanāfī (one of the narrators); they are four brothers: One of them is Abū Bakr, and Bishr, and Sharīk, and the other.
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[1] “Haqqun”, it carries the meaning of: 'it is not falsehood,' as well, and perhaps this is the intent.
Commentary
The import of the Prophet ﷺ is sacrificing or slaughtering in Allāh's name is well and good, but one should do something which is more beneficial. The young one was slaughtered no sooner than it was born. But it gave no benefit.
