It is narrated from Hazrat Sinan bin Salamah that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: One should not eat from a voluntary sacrifice; if he eats, he will have to pay a penalty.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Abdullah say that if one eats from a voluntary sacrifice, a penalty will be obligatory.

Hazrat Umar said that whoever sends a voluntary sacrifice should have it slaughtered in the Haram and should not eat anything from it himself; if he eats from it himself, then he must offer a substitute for it.

Hazrat Alqamah narrates that Hazrat Abdullah sent a sacrificial animal with me and instructed me that when I slaughter it, I should give one third in charity, feed one third to people (and eat myself), and send one third to the house of his brother Utbah.

Hazrat Saeed bin Al-Musayyib says regarding the sacrificial camel that nothing is obligatory in the voluntary sacrifice except if someone is ordered regarding it, or he himself eats from it or feeds others from it; if he does so, then its substitute becomes obligatory upon him.

Hazrat Jabir bin Zaid says that if you yourself eat from the voluntary sacrifice, then penalty and compensation become obligatory.

Hazrat Laith says that I had a sacrificial animal which was for charity to the needy, so I was commanded to eat from it myself and also to store it.

Ibrahim states that the companions of the Prophet would not consume anything they sacrificed for Allah, but then they were permitted to eat from the animals of Hadi and sacrifice and similar things themselves.