إِذَا وَجَدَ الرَّجُلُ هَدْياً ضَالًّا فَلْيُعَرِّفْهُ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَ الْيَوْمَ الثَّانِيَ وَ الْيَوْمَ الثَّالِثَ ثُمَّ يَذْبَحُهُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهِ عَشِيَّةَ يَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ وَ قَالَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يَبْعَثُ بِالْهَدْيِ الْوَاجِبِ فَيَهْلِكُ الْهَدْيُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ سَعَةُ أَنْ يُهْدِيَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَوْلَى بِالْعُذْرِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا سَأَلَ أُعْطِيَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two<sup>asws</sup> (5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>) having said: ‘When the man finds a stray sacrificial animal, so he should introduce it (to the people) on the day of the sacrifice, and the second day, and the third day. Then he should slaughter it on behalf of its owner on the evening of the third (day)’. And he<sup>asws</sup> said regarding the man who sends the Obligatory sacrificial animal, but the animal perishes in the road before it reaches (the place of sacrifice), and there is no capacity for him that he would (get another) sacrificial animal’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Glorious is He<sup>azwj</sup>, is the Foremost with the (Accepting of the) excuse, except if he happens to know that when he asks (for a replacement) he would be given it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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