وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ صَيَّادٍ، أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ كُنَّا نُضَحِّي بِالشَّاةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ يَذْبَحُهَا الرَّجُلُ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ تَبَاهَى النَّاسُ بَعْدُ فَصَارَتْ مُبَاهَاةً .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Umara ibn Yasar that Ata ibnYasar told him that Abu Ayyub al-Ansari had told him, "We used tosacrifice one sheep, and a man sacrificed for himself and his family.Then later on people began to compete with each other and it becameboasting." Malik said, "The best that I have heard about asingle camel, cow or sheep, is that a man should sacrifice a camel forhimself and his family. He sacrifices a cow or sheep which he owns forhis family, and shares with them in it. It is disapproved for a groupof people to buy a camel, cow or sheep, to share for the ritual andsacrifices, each man giving a share of its price, and taking a shareof its meat. We have heard the tradition that people do not share inthe ritual. However, it may be that the people of one household canshare." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 23 Hadith 1040
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 23 Hadith 10