Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو عُتْبَةَ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ زُفَرَ الْجُهَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْأَشَدِّ السُّلَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا دِرْهَمًا فَاشْتَرَيْنَا أُضْحِيَّةً بِسَبْعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ أَغْلَيْنَا بِهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الضَّحَايَا أَغْلَاهَا وَأَنْفَسُهَا فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يَأْخُذُ بِيَدٍ وَرَجُلًا بِيَدٍ وَرَجُلًا بِرِجْلٍ وَرَجُلًا بِقَرْنٍ وَرَجُلًا بِقَرْنٍ وَذَبَحَهَا السَّابِعُ وَكَبَّرْنَا عَلَيْهَا جَمِيعًا
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn al-Hasan the judge informed us, they said: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Abu Utbah narrated to us, Baqiyyah narrated to us, Uthman ibn Zufar al-Juhani narrated to us, Abu al-Ashadd al-Sulami narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather who said: I was the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us, and each of us contributed a dirham, and we bought a sacrificial animal for seven dirhams. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have paid a high price for it!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best sacrifices are the most expensive and the finest." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered one man to hold one hand, another man the other hand, one man a leg, one man one horn, another man the other horn, and the seventh slaughtered it, and we all said Allahu Akbar over it.