Benefits of the Hadith: (The first thing we begin with on this day is that we pray, then we return and slaughter. Whoever does so has hit the mark of our Sunnah...)

The Shaykh : This hadith contains several benefits. The first benefit is beginning with the prayer on the Day of Sacrifice before the sacrifice. This is like an explanation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So one begins first with the prayer. It also contains the distinction between the meat of the sacrifices and the meat for eating. The meat of the sacrifices is an act of devotion restricted by time, age, type, and quantity. The sacrifice is a recommended practice restricted by time, type, age, and quantity. What else? Four things: time, from after the festival prayer until the end of the days of Tashriq; type, the livestock of the herd; age, two years for camels, a two-year-old female camel, two years for cows, one year for goats, and half a year for sheep; and quantity, one animal from the sheep does not suffice for more than one person, and one camel or cow does not suffice for more than seven people. What remains in it? Is the meat restricted by any of these? No, it is not restricted by any of these. It is permissible at any time. It is permissible to slaughter at any time. Is it restricted to being a two-year-old other than a sheep? No, it is not restricted by type. So it means you are not prevented from slaughtering chickens, is that not so? If it is so, we know that there is a difference between what is slaughtered as an act of devotion to Allah and what is slaughtered for the benefit of its meat. Do you understand? It has been mentioned to us previously that nothing is offered to Allah in terms of slaughter except how many? The sacrifices, the offerings, and the sacrifices for newborns. That is it. There are no expiations. No, these are expiations. These are acts of devotion where one draws near to Allah with them. As for expiations, they are a ransom payment by which a person redeems himself. So we say there is a difference between the meat and the act of devotion. It also contains that a time-bound act of worship does not suffice before its time, based on his saying: And it is not part of the ritual. It also contains the permissibility of specifying some individuals of the community with a ruling, based on his saying to Abu Burdah: . So he specified him with this ruling.