Umdat at-Talib - Al-Buhuti - (1/128)

The uḍḥiyah is a recommended Sunnah, and slaughtering the animal itself is superior to giving its monetary value in charity. One should divide the meat into three equal parts: eat a third, give a third as gifts, and donate a third in charity. Giving away roughly one uqiyyah of the meat suffices (1); whoever neglects to do so is liable for it (2).

Once the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah begin, it is forbidden for the person offering the sacrifice—and for the one on whose behalf it is offered—to cut any of their hair or nails until the slaughter is complete.

Section: ʿAqīqah

The recommended ʿaqīqah is two sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl. It should be slaughtered on the seventh day, and on that day the child is to be given a good name. If the seventh day is missed, it is done on the fourteenth (3); if that is missed, then on the twenty-first.

The bones are to be separated joint by joint (4) without breaking them, and part of it should be prepared with something sweet (5). In its rulings it is like the uḍḥiyah, except that partnership in a single animal is not valid (6).

(1) In the main manuscript as well as in copies A and C the reading is “wayujzi” (“and it is sufficient”); the wording printed here follows copy B. (2) The expression “fa-in lam yafʿal” (if he does not do so) means: if he fails to give roughly one uqiyyah in charity and instead eats all the meat himself, he becomes liable and must replace that approximate uqiyyah with an equivalent amount of meat. (3) Copy B reads: “fa-fi arbaʿa ʿashara” (“then within fourteen”). (4) “jadwalan”: i.e., the animal’s limbs. (5) That is, one of the cooked dishes should be sweet, as a hopeful sign of the sweetness of his character. (6) In other words, shared ownership in the sacrificial blood is not permitted; therefore, a cow or a camel counts only when offered as a complete animal.

[[الأضحية] ] والأضحيةُ سنةٌ، وذبحُها أفضلُ من صَدَقةٍ بِثَمنِها، ويأكلُ منها ويُهدي ويَتصدَّق أَثْلاثًا، وتُجزئُ (١) الصدقةُ بنحو أُوقِيَّةٍ منها، فإنْ لم يفعل ضَمِنَهُ (٢) . وإذا دَخَل العشرُ حَرُمَ على مُضَحٍّ، ومُضحىً عنه أخذُ شيء مِنْ شعرهِ أَوْ ظُفْرهِ إلى ذَبْحٍ. فصلٌ [في العَقِيقَةِ] تُسنُّ العَقِيقةُ عن الغلام شاتان، وعن الأنثى شاة. تُذبَح في السابع ويُسَمى فيه باسمٍ حسنٍ، فإنْ فات فرابع عشر (٣) ، فإنْ فات ففي أحد وعشرين. وتُنزعُ جُدُولاً (٤) بلا كسرٍ، ويكون منه بحلو (٥) ، وهي كأضحية، لكن لا يجزئ فيها شركٌ (٦) . * * *

(١) في (الأصل) و (أ) و (ج): "ويجزئ"، والمثبت من (ب) (٢) قوله: فإن لم يفعل، أي: لم يتصدق بنحو أوقيةٍ، بأن أكلها كلها ضَمِنَهُ، أي نحو الأوقية بمثله لحمًا. (٣) في (ب): "ففي أربع عشر". (٤) جدولًا: أي أعضاءً. (٥) أي: يكون من الطبيخ شيء حلو تفاؤلاً بحلاوة أخلاقه. (٦) أي: شرك في دم، فلا تجزئ بقرة ولا بدنة إلا كاملة.