In the year of Al-Hudaybiyah, we slaughtered with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) a camel on behalf of seven persons and a cow on behalf of seven persons
Authentic hadithعن جابر بن عبد الله، قال: «نَحَرْنَا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ الحُدَيْبِيَة البَدَنَةَ عن سَبْعَة، والبَقَرَةَ عن سَبْعَة»
Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: In the year of Al-Hudaybiyah, we slaughtered with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) a camel on behalf of seven persons and a cow on behalf of seven persons.
Explanation
In this Hadīth, Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Companions slaughtered their sacrificial animals with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) in the year of Al-Hudaybiyah. he commanded that every seven men should share in one camel or one cow.
Source · Narrated by Muslim
From the Hadith Encyclopedia (hadeethenc.com).