Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3216

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِى التَّيَّاحِ الضُّبَعِىِّ حَدَّثَنِى مُوسَى بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْهُذَلِىُّ قَالَ انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَسِنَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ مُعْتَمِرَيْنِ قَالَ وَانْطَلَقَ سِنَانٌ مَعَهُ بِبَدَنَةٍ يَسُوقُهَا فَأَزْحَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ بِالطَّرِيقِ فَعَيِىَ بِشَأْنِهَا إِنْ هِىَ أُبْدِعَتْ كَيْفَ يَأْتِى بِهَا. فَقَالَ لَئِنْ قَدِمْتُ الْبَلَدَ لأَسْتَحْفِيَنَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ فَأَضْحَيْتُ فَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا الْبَطْحَاءَ قَالَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ نَتَحَدَّثْ إِلَيْهِ. قَالَ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ شَأْنَ بَدَنَتِهِ. فَقَالَ عَلَى الْخَبِيرِ سَقَطْتَ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- بِسِتَّ عَشْرَةَ بَدَنَةً مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَأَمَّرَهُ فِيهَا - قَالَ - فَمَضَى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ بِمَا أُبْدِعَ عَلَىَّ مِنْهَا قَالَ « انْحَرْهَا ثُمَّ اصْبُغْ نَعْلَيْهَا فِى دَمِهَا ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ عَلَى صَفْحَتِهَا وَلاَ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا أَنْتَ وَلاَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ رُفْقَتِكَ ».

Musa bin Salamah Al-Hudhali said: “Sinan bin Salamah and I set out for Umrah.” He said: “Sinan set out with the sacrificial camel that he was driving, and it stopped on the road due to exhaustion. He was confused about what to with it: If it was too exhausted to move, how could he bring it? He said: ‘When I reached the city I shell certainly find out about it.’” He (Musa) said: “The next morning we stopped at Al-Batha and he said: ‘Go to Ibn Abbas and speak to him.’” (I went to him and) told him about his camel, and he said: ‘you have come to one who is well informed. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) sent sixteen camels with a man, and put him in charge of them. He set out, then he came back and said: “O Messenger of Allah (SAW), what should I do if any of them becomes too exhausted to move?” He said: “Slaughter it, then dip the shoes (on the garland) in its blood, and put them on its hump but neither you nor any of the people who are with you should eat from it.”’