I asked Ibn ‘Abbās about Hajj Tamattu‘. He ordered me to perform it. I asked him about the Hady (sacrifice), and he said: You have to slaughter a camel, a cow, a sheep, or you may share the Hady with others. It seemed that some people disliked it

عن أبي جَمرة -نصر بن عمران الضُّبَعي- قال: «سألت ابن عباس عن المُتْعَةِ؟ فأمرني بها، وسألته عن الهَدْيِ؟ فقال: فيه جَزُورُ، أو بقرةٌ، أو شَاةٌ، أو شِرْكٌ في دم، قال: وكان ناس كرهوها، فنمت، فرأيت في المنام: كأن إنسانا ينادي: حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ، ومُتْعَةٌ مُتَقَبَّلَةٌ. فأتيت ابن عباس فحدثته، فقال: الله أكبر! سُنَّةُ أبي القاسم صلى الله عليه وسلم ».

Abu Jamrah Nasr ibn ‘Imrān Ad-Duba‘i reported: I asked Ibn ‘Abbās about Hajj Tamattu‘. He ordered me to perform it. I asked him about the Hady (sacrifice), and he said: "You have to slaughter a camel, a cow, a sheep, or you may share the Hady with others." It seemed that some people disliked it. I slept and dreamed that a person was announcing: ‘May Allah accept your pilgrimage and accept your Hajj Tamattu‘.' I went to Ibn ‘Abbās and narrated it to him. He said: ‘Allah is the Greatest. That is the Prophet's Sunnah.'"

Source · Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim

From the Hadith Encyclopedia (hadeethenc.com).