Abu Ubaid, the freed slave of Ibn Azhar, narrates: I was present with Sayyiduna Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) on Eid. He came and led the prayer, then after finishing the prayer, he delivered a sermon to the people and then said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on these two days of Eid: the day when you break your fasts, that is, Eid al-Fitr, and the other day when you eat from your sacrifices, that is, Eid al-Adha. Abu Ubaid said: Then I performed Eid with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He came and led the prayer, then after finishing, he delivered a sermon and said to the people: Today two Eids have come together for you, the Eid prayer and the day of Jumu'ah. Whoever among the people of the outlying villages wishes to wait for Jumu'ah may do so, and whoever wishes to return home may go; I have given him permission. Abu Ubaid said: Then I performed the prayer with Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) while Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was under siege. He (Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him) came and led the prayer, then after finishing, he delivered a sermon.

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from (Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade fasting on the two days of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he slaughtered his sacrifice on the day of Eid al-Adha before the sacrifice (i.e., Eid prayer) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to offer another sacrifice. Abu Burdah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I have only a Jadh‘ (a one-year-old goat). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "If you have nothing except a Jadh‘, then slaughter that only."

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw a man who was taking a sacrificial animal (on foot), so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Ride on it." He said: O Messenger of Allah! This is a sacrificial animal. So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Ride on it." He said: O Messenger of Allah! This is a sacrificial animal. So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said for the second or third time: "Woe to you (ride on it)."

It is narrated from Mu'adh bin Sa'd or Sa'd bin Mu'adh that a slave girl of Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) was grazing goats at (the place of) Sala', then one of the goats was afflicted by calamity (injured or sick), so she reached there and slaughtered it with a stone. Then she asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in it, so eat it."

It is narrated from Mu'adh bin Sa'd or Sa'd bin Mu'adh that a slave girl of Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) was grazing goats at (the place of) Sala', then one of the goats was afflicted by calamity (injured or sick), so she reached there and slaughtered it with a stone. Then she asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm in it, so eat it."

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from (Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, slaughtered some of his sacrificial animals with his own hand, and some of his animals were slaughtered by others.

And with the same (chain of narration), it is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: "In the year of Hudaybiyyah, we slaughtered a camel on behalf of seven people and a cow on behalf of seven people as sacrifice with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him."

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from (Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Sulami, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade eating the meat of (sacrifice) after three days of sacrifice. Then after that he said: "Eat, give in charity, take provisions for the journey, and store it."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Waqid that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade eating the meat of sacrificial animals for more than three days. Abdullah bin Abi Bakr (the narrator of the hadith) says that then I mentioned this to Amrah bint Abdur Rahman (may Allah have mercy on her), so she said: He (Abdullah bin Waqid) has spoken the truth. I heard the wife of the Prophet, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), saying that at the time of sacrifice during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, some (Bedouin) people came to Madinah, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Store (the meat) for three days and give the rest in charity." After that, it was said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: O Messenger of Allah! People used to benefit from their sacrifices, melt the fat, and make water skins (from the hides). So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "What is the matter?" The people said: O Messenger of Allah! You forbade keeping the meat of sacrifices for more than three days. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I forbade you because of those people who had come to you (in Madinah). So (now) eat, give in charity, and store (the meat)."