سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ النَّعْجَةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمِ الْمَاعِزُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَاعِزُ ذَكَراً فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الْمَاعِزُ أُنْثَى فَالنَّعْجَةُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالْخَصِيُّ يُضَحَّى بِهِ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ غَيْرُهُ وَ قَالَ يَصْلُحُ الْجَذَعُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ فَأَمَّا الْمَاعِزُ فَلَا يَصْلُحُ قُلْتُ الْخَصِيُّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَمِ النَّعْجَةُ قَالَ الْمَرْضُوضُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ النَّعْجَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ خَصِيّاً فَالنَّعْجَةُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the ewe, ‘Is it more beloved to you<sup>asws</sup> or the goat?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If it was such that the goat was male, so it would be more beloved to me<sup>asws</sup>; and if it was such that the goat was female, so the ewe would be more beloved to me<sup>asws</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘So can the castrated one be sacrificed with?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, unless if there does not happen to be any other’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is correct, the two year old from the sheep, but as for the goat, so it is not correct’. I said, ‘Is the castrated one more beloved to you<sup>asws</sup> or the ewe?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The bruised one is more beloved to me<sup>asws</sup> than the ewe, and if it was castrated, so the ewe (is more beloved)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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