[19] Shares of Others in the Sacrifice...
[19] Shares of Others in the Sacrifice: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَذْبَحُ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى كَبْشَيْنِ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ الْآخَرَ عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) يَذْبَحُ كَبْشَيْنِ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ الْآخَرَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww had slaughtered two rams on the day of the sacrifice, one of them from himself -saww , and the other one on behalf of someone from his -saww community who could not find (afford) it; and Amir Al-Momineen -asws had slaughtered two rams, one of them on behalf of Rasool-Allah -azwj , and the other one from himself -asws ’.
[20] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُسَمَّى سَوَادَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا جَمَاعَةً بِمِنًى فَعَزَّتِ الْأَضَاحِيُّ فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَاقِفٌ عَلَى قَطِيعٍ يُسَاوِمُ بِغَنَمٍ وَ يُمَاكِسُهُمْ مِكَاساً شَدِيداً فَوَقَفْنَا نَنْتَظِرُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَظُنُّكُمْ قَدْ تَعَجَّبْتُمْ مِنْ مِكَاسِي فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hasan Bin Ali, from a man called Sawada who said, ‘We were a group in Mina, and the sacrificial animals were too expensive.
So we looked around and there was Abu Abdullah -asws having paused upon a spot bargaining for the sheep, and he -asws was intensively bargaining with them. So we paused and looked on. So when he -asws was free, he -asws turned towards us and he -asws said: ‘I -asws think you all have been astounded from my -asws bargaining?’ So we said, ‘Yes’.
فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَغْبُونَ لَا مَحْمُودٌ وَ لَا مَأْجُورٌ أَ لَكُمْ حَاجَةٌ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ الْأَضَاحِيَّ قَدْ عَزَّتْ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا جَزُوراً فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ قُلْنَا وَ لَا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا وَ اشْتَرُوا بَقَرَةً فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ فَاذْبَحُوهَا قُلْنَا وَ لَا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ شَاةً فَاذْبَحُوهَا فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ قُلْنَا تُجْزِئُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ عَنْ سَبْعِينَ So, he -asws said: ‘The loss maker is not praiseworthy, nor is he hired.
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