Hadith 64

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 43: The Book of ad-Dahaya (Sacrifices)

Chapter 35

The Prohibition Against Eating The Meat Of Sacrificial Animals After Three Days and Storing it

باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الأَكْلِ، مِنْ لُحُومِ الأَضَاحِي بَعْدَ ثَلاَثٍ وَعَنْ إِمْسَاكِهِ‏‏

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4424
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ غُنْدَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ بَدَأَ بِالصَّلاَةِ قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِلاَ أَذَانٍ وَلاَ إِقَامَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْهَى أَنْ يُمْسِكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نُسُكِهِ شَيْئًا فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ‏.‏
It ws narrated that Abu 'Ubaid - the freed slave of Ibn 'Awf - said:

"I saw 'Ali bin Abi Talib - may Allah honor his face on the day of 'Id. He started with the prayer before the Khutbah, and then he prayed with no Adhan and no Iqamah. Then he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah forbidding anyone form keeping anything of his sacrificial animal for more than three days." (Sahih )