Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the meat of the sacrifice after three days. The narrator named Abdullah bin Abu Bakr says: I mentioned this narration to Amrah bint Abdur Rahman, so she informed me: I heard Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrate that once, during the sacred era of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, some people from the villages came. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You may store (i.e., the meat of the sacrifice) for only three days; whatever remains after that, give it in charity. The female narrator named Amrah says: Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) informed that after this, it was submitted to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Previously, people used to benefit from their sacrificial animals; they would preserve their fat and make water skins from their (hides). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What has happened now? The people said: O Messenger of Allah! You forbade the use of sacrificial meat after three days (so now people do not do so). The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I forbade you because of the arrival of those (poor people) who had come to you. Now you may eat it, give it in charity, and store it as well.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The word "dāfah" means the group that came to ask (for charity).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people of Madinah, do not eat the meat of your sacrificial animals for more than three days. The narrator states: The people complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that they had children and servants, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Eat it, feed others with it, and also store it.

Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the day of sacrifice,“Whoever among you has offered the sacrifice should not keep any of its meat in his house after three days.”When the next year came, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the people said,“O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Should we do as we did last year?”The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said,“No, that year people were in hardship, so I wanted you to help them in this matter. Now you may eat, feed others, and store it as well.”

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We ate dried meat along with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) until we reached Madinah (that is, we kept the sacrificial meat preserved as provisions for the journey).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We kept the meat of the sacrificial animal as provisions along with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we continued to use it until we reached Madinah Munawwarah.

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me, "Preserve the meat of the sacrifice." So I preserved it, and the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to use that meat until he reached Madinah Munawwarah.

Yazid, who was the servant of Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: His wife Umm Sulaym asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the meat of the sacrificial animal. Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied that Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) returned from a battle and went to his wife, who presented the meat of the sacrificial animal before him. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) refused to eat it until he had asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. (When he asked the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him,) the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You may eat it from one Dhul-Hijjah to the next Dhul-Hijjah.