Sahih al-Bukhari Book 73, Hadith 24
that once he was not present (at the time of `Id-al-Adha) and when he came. some meat was presented
to him. and the people said (to him), 'This is the meat of our sacrifices" He said. 'Take it away; I shall
not taste it. (In his narration) Abu Sa`id added: I got up and went to my brother, Abu Qatada (who was
his maternal brother and was one of the warriors of the battle of Badr) and mentioned that to him He
Sa`d. 'A new verdict was given in your absence (i.e., meat of sacrifices was allowed to be stored and
eaten later on).
During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) we used to take with us the meat of the sacrifices (of Id al Adha) to Medina. (The narrator often said. The meat of the Hadi).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has slaughtered a sacrifice should not keep anything of Its meat after three days." When it was the next year the people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we do as we did last year?" He said, ' Eat of it and feed of it to others and store of it for in that year the people were having a hard time and I wanted you to help (the needy).