THE COMMAND TO SLAUGHTER THE SACRIFICIAL CAMEL

ALLĀH tells:

وَالْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَاهَا لَكُم مِّن شَعَايِرِ اللَّهِ

We have made sacrificial camels ˹and cattle˺ among the symbols of ALLĀH,

Here HE tells us that one of HIS rites is the sacrificial camels - and cows according to one of the two scholarly views. They are to be respected, and healthy and good specimens are to be chosen for the sacrifice.

لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ

in which there is ˹much˺ good for you.

that is, for the one who offers the sacrifice and others, as their meat may be eaten and given in charity, bringing benefit and reward.

فَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا

So mention the name of ALLĀH over them.

That is, at the time of slaughter, say: "bismillah (in the name of ALLĀH)" and slaughter them.

{Tafsi‌r As-Sa'di}

#sadi #Hajj (22:36) 

Anas (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) said: "The Prophet (ﷺ) sacrificed two horned rams that were white speckled with black. He slaughtered them with his own hand, said Bismillāh and Allāhu akbar, and put his foot on their necks."

{Al-Bukhārī #5665}

Jabir Ibn Abdullāh (may ALLĀH be pleased with him) narrated: "The Prophet (ﷺ) sacrificed two horned rams which were white with black markings and had been castrated. When he made them face the qiblah, he said:

إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ عَلَى مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ صَلاَتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ مِنْكَ وَلَكَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأُمَّتِهِ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ‏

I have turned my face towards HIM. Who created the heavens and the earth, following Abraham's religion, the true in faith, and I am not one of the polytheists. My prayer, and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death are all for ALLĀH, the Lord of the Universe, Who has no partner. That is what I was commanded to do, and I am one of the Muslims. O ALLĀH, from YOU and to YOU, on behalf of Muhammad and his Ummah. 

Then he said: Bismillāh' and Allāhu Akbar' and slaughtered them."

{Abū Dāwūd #2795}

"O ALLĀH, from YOU" means this sacrifice is a gift and provision that has reached me from YOU. "And to You" means, it is sincerely for YOU Alone. {Al-Sharh al-Mumti’ || Vol. 7 Page 492}

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