The hadeeth: I have been commanded to celebrate festival on the day of sacrifice...

1-12-2011 | IslamWeb

Question:

As-salamualaikum, Can please tell whether the following hadeeth is saheeh or not: Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I have been commanded to celebrate festival ('Id) on the day of sacrifice, which Allah, Most High, has appointed for this community. A man said: If I do not find except a she-goat or a she-camel borrowed for milk or other benefits, should I sacrifice it? He said: No, but you should clip your hair , and nails, trim your moustaches, and shave your pubes. This is all your sacrifice in the eyes of Allah, Most High. (Abu dawood, hadith no. 2783) Thanking you
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds.  I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

This Hadeeth is reported by Abu Daawood, An-Nasaa’i, Al-Haakim and Ath-Thahabi may Allaah have mercy upon them all. However, Shaykh Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him classified it as Dha’eef (unauthentic) when classifying the Hadeeths reported by Abu Daawood may Allaah have mercy upon him. Moreover, Shaykh ‘Abdul-Muhsin Al-'Abbaad pointed to his disagreement about classifying this Hadeeth as Dha’eef, as he said in his interpretation of the Hadeeth (reported by Abu Daawood), “The Hadeeth was classified by Al-Albaani as Dha’eef who gave the reason for his classification as Dha’eef by saying that the narrator ‘Eesa ibn Hilaal As-Sadafi is unknown [meaning according to him (Al-Albaani)] and Al-Haafidh Ibn Hajar said in At-Taqreeb, 'He (the narrator) is truthful.'”

In addition to this, the author of the book Tanbeeh Al-Qaari’ ‘Ala Taqwiyat ma Dha’afahu Al-Albaani refuted the classification of Shaykh Al-Albaani, and so, the Hadeeth is Saheeh (authentic).

Allaah Knows best.

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