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4399. It was narrated that Al-Barâ' bin 'Âzib said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stood up on the Day of Sacrifice and said: 'Whoever turns toward our Qiblah and prays as we pray and offers the same sacrifice as we do, let him not offer his sacrifice until he has prayed.' My maternal uncle stood up and said:
'O Messenger of Allâh, I hastened to slaughter my sacrifice, so that I could feed my family, and the members of my household,' or 'my family and my neighbors.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Offer another sacrifice.' He said: 'I have a suckling she-goat kid that is dearer to me than two sheep raised for meat.' He said: 'Sacrifice it, for it is the better of your two sacrifices. But no Jadh'ah will do as a sacrifice for anyone after you.'" (Sahîh)
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There is no mention in this narration that one ought not to offer sacrifice before the imâm or the prayer leader. But since Allâh's Messenger ﷺ used to slaughter his sacrificial animals in front of the people, after performing the Eid prayer, the rest of the people used to sacrifice afterward. It could be said that the sacrifice should be offered after the imâm. But if the imâm does not offer the sacrifice, or if he does not do so in the Eid Musalla (place of the Eid prayer) even after the sermon, then there is no restriction upon the people that they should sacrifice their animals only after the Imâm has done so.
