The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer sheep as sacrificial gifts.
أخبرنا إسمعيل بن مسعود قال حدثنا خالد قال حدثنا شعبة عن سليمان عن إبراهيم عن الأسود
أن رسول الله ﷺ كان يهدي الغنم
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Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Hajj, Chapter on garlanding sheep, hadith 1701, and Muslim in the Book of Hajj, Chapter on the recommendation of sending the sacrificial animal to the sanctuary, etc., hadith 367/1321, from the hadith of Sulayman Amash in this manner, and it is in Kubra, hadith 3767.