English Translation

And Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Qatadah informed us, Abu al-Hasan ibn Abdah informed us, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Abdi narrated to us, Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Bukayr narrated to us, al-Layth ibn Sa'd narrated to me from Sulayman ibn Abd al-Rahman from Ubayd ibn Fayruz, the freedman of Banu Shayban, from al-Bara' ibn Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "What should be avoided in sacrificial animals?" He said: "Four," and pointed with his hand. He said: "My hand is shorter than the hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): the one-eyed whose defect is obvious, the lame whose lameness is obvious, the sick whose illness is obvious, and the emaciated that has no marrow." He said: I said to al-Bara': I dislike deficiency in the horn, the ear, and the tooth. He said: "Dislike for yourself whatever you wish, but do not forbid it for anyone." And likewise...