Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ الْعَدْلُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبُوشَنْجِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ صَيَّادٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ ؓ قَالَ كُنَّا نُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ فَيَذْبَحُهَا الرَّجُلُ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ تَبَاهَى النَّاسُ بَعْدُ فَصَارَتْ مُبَاهَاةً
English Translation
Abu Ahmad al-Mihrajani al-Adl informed us, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muzakki informed us, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Bushanji narrated to us, Ibn Bukayr narrated to us, Malik narrated to us from Umarah ibn Sayyad, from Ata' ibn Yasar, that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to sacrifice a single sheep - the man would slaughter it on behalf of himself and his household. Then people began to compete, and it became a matter of boasting.