It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, he says: We were on a journey with the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when the occasion of Eid al-Adha arrived, so we slaughtered a cow on behalf of seven people and a camel on behalf of ten people.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him), who met the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and that was in such a way that his mother, Sayyida Zainab bint Humayd (may Allah be pleased with her), took him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Take his pledge (of allegiance). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He is just a child. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over his head and prayed for him. This companion narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sacrifice one goat on behalf of all his family.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mukhnif bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was standing at Arafat. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people! Every year, sacrifice (Qurbani) and ‘Atirah are obligatory upon every household. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Do you know what ‘Atirah is? Ibn ‘Aun, the narrator, says: I do not know what answer the people gave to this question. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is the same which people call Rajabiyyah.

Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sacrificed two piebald, castrated rams. One ram was on behalf of the Oneness of Allah Almighty and for those who conveyed the message on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the other ram was on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and his family. Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says: It is as if the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sufficed us.

Abu Ashad Salmi narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Abu al-Ma'la or Sayyiduna Amr bin Abasah), may Allah be pleased with him, who says: We were seven people in total with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He ordered us, and each of us collected one dirham, and with the seven dirhams we bought a sacrificial animal. But while informing the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, we said: O Messenger of Allah! We have bought a very expensive animal. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The most virtuous sacrifice is the one whose price is the highest and which is the fattest and healthiest. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered, and one man held the hind leg, another held the other hind leg, one held the front leg, another held the other front leg, one held one horn, and another held the other horn, and the seventh man slaughtered it, and all of us recited the takbeer.