It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hisham (may Allah be pleased with him) that his mother, Zaynab bint Humayd, took him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when he was small, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over his head and supplicated for him. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sacrifice just one goat on behalf of all his family members. All these hadiths have authentic chains regarding the concession that one goat suffices on behalf of all the people whose number is not fixed, contrary to the assumption of those who think that it suffices on behalf of only one person.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he sacrificed two rams, one ram on behalf of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and one on his own behalf, and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded me to sacrifice on his behalf, so I will always keep sacrificing on his behalf. This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and Abu al-Hasna' who appears in its chain is in fact al-Hasan bin al-Hakam al-Nakha'i.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) (the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered his sacrificial animal during a journey, then said: "O Thawban, prepare (preserve) its meat properly." So I kept feeding him from it until we reached Madinah. This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: On the day of Hudaybiyah we slaughtered seventy camels, one camel on behalf of ten people, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A group of people may share in a sacrificial animal." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey when the time of sacrifice came, so we shared, seven people in one cow and ten people in one camel. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Zayd bin al-Hasan bin Ali narrates from his father, Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us on the two Eids to wear the finest clothing available to us, to apply the best perfume available to us, and to sacrifice the fattest animal available to us, a cow on behalf of seven people and a camel on behalf of ten people (to be sacrificed), and to pronounce the takbir aloud while tranquillity and dignity remain upon us. Had it not been for the unknown condition of Ishaq bin Buzurj, I would have ruled this hadith to be sahih (authentic).

Abu al-Aswad al-Sulami narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I was the seventh of seven people with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey when Eid al-Adha came. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us an instruction, so each one of us collected one dirham, and we bought a sacrificial animal for seven dirhams. We said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We have bought it at a high price. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the best sacrificial animals are those that are the most valuable and the fattest." The narrator said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave us an instruction, so one man took hold of one leg, another of the other leg, a third of one foreleg, a fourth of the other foreleg, a fifth of one horn and a sixth of the other horn, while the seventh slaughtered it, and all of them together said the takbir over it.

Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! When I am about to slaughter a goat, I feel pity for it. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you show mercy to it, Allah Almighty will show mercy to you." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man had laid a goat down in order to slaughter it, and he was sharpening his knife (in that state). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you want to make it die many deaths? Why did you not sharpen your knife before laying it down?!" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And indeed the devils inspire their allies" [Surah al-An'am: 121] . He said: They (the polytheists) used to say: Do not eat that (animal) which is slaughtered and over which the name of Allah is mentioned, and eat that (carrion) over which the name of Allah is not mentioned. So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "And do not eat of that over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned" [Surah al-An'am: 121] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.