Chapter on Slaughtering and Sacrificing and What is to Be Said During Slaughter
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 138
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 138
Chapter on Slaughtering and Sacrificing and What is to Be Said During Slaughter
وَ رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِذَا اِشْتَرَيْتَ هَدْيَكَ فَاسْتَقْبِلْ بِهِ اَلْقِبْلَةَ وَ اِنْحَرْهُ أَوِ اِذْبَحْهُ وَ قُلْ «وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ اَلسَّمٰاوٰاتِ وَ اَلْأَرْضَ حَنِيفاً» مُسْلِماً «وَ مٰا أَنَا مِنَ اَلْمُشْرِكِينَ » «إِنَّ صَلاٰتِي وَ نُسُكِي وَ مَحْيٰايَ وَ مَمٰاتِي لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ اَلْعٰالَمِينَ `لاٰ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ بِذٰلِكَ أُمِرْتُ» وَ أَنَا مِنَ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ اَللَّهُمَّ مِنْكَ وَ لَكَ بِسْمِ اَللَّهِ وَ اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اَللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي ثُمَّ أَمِرَّ اَلسِّكِّينَ وَ لاَ تَنْخَعْهَا حَتَّى تَمُوتَ ».
Muawiyah ibn Ammar narrated from Imam عليه السلام that he said: "When you purchase your hady (sacrificial animal), face it towards the Qiblah and slaughter or sacrifice it, and say: 'I have turned my face towards the One who created the heavens and the earth, inclining to the truth, as a submitter [to Allah سبحانه وتعالى], and I am not among the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are for Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Lord عز وجل of the worlds. He has no partner, and with this, I have been commanded, and I am among the submitters. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, this is from You and for You. In name of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Greatest. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, accept it from me.' Then pass the knife over it, but do not sever its spinal cord until it dies."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 175