nor a lame1 animal unable to keep pace with a sound one, nor a hatmāʾ2—whose two front teeth have fallen out at the roots, nor a ʿuṣmāʾ3—whose horn sheath is broken.
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It is recommended to stab-slaughter camels while they are standing4, their left foreleg bound, and to slaughter cattle, sheep, and goats on their left side, facing the qiblah.5
At the very moment the hand moves to carry out the act, one pronounces the Name of Allah, says the takbīr, and adds: “O Allah, this is from You and for You.”6
The earliest time for slaughter begins after the first ʿId prayer held in the town—or, for one who has not prayed, after an interval equal to its duration—and anything done sooner is invalid.7 The period for slaughter continues day and night until the end.
(1) Manuscript A adds the word “allati” (which).
(2) Al-Insaaf, 4/80: several Hanbali authorities state that the two acts in question are invalid (do not satisfy the requirement). Al-Talkhis remarks: “I found nothing from our scholars on this point; by analogy with the madhhab it would be valid.” Non-validity is, however, affirmed in Al-Raa‘iyatayn, Al-Haawiyayn, Al-Faa’iq, Al-Nazm, Tadhkirat Ibn Abdus, Al-Zarkashi and others. Shaykh Taqi al-Din concludes that it is valid according to the sounder of the two views.
(3) Al-Lubadi comments in his marginalia (p. 158): “This is the sound position of the madhhab and belongs to its mufradat (opinions unique to the Hanbalis).”
(4) Manuscript M inserts: “with her left hand bound.”
(5) Manuscript N reads: “li-l-qibla” (toward the qibla).
(6) Recorded by al-Darimi, no. 1989, on the authority of Jabir. Manuscript B adds: “This is for You and from You.”
(7) Manuscripts A, M and N read: “then it does not suffice.”