English
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered me to supervise his sacrifices, distribute their meat, skins, and coverings to charity, and not to pay the butcher from them. He said: 'We will pay him ourselves.'"
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 1317a (unverified) 98% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 1717 (unverified) 95% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) Supervise sacrifices: This permits delegating slaughter and distribution. ('Umdat al-Qari) Al-Hidayah adds: "It's better to slaughter personally if skilled, as the Prophet (ﷺ) took with him one hundred camels and slaughtered himself over sixty on them during Hajjat al-Wada' and ordered Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) for the rest to slaughter them. As it is a qurbah (righteous deed) and Self-performance is preffered in righteous deeds, but delegation is permitted for the unskilled."
Note 1
(۱) قوله: أن أقوم على بدنه : فيه جواز التوكيل في القيام على مصالح الهدي من ذبحه وقسمه لحمه وغير ذلك. قاله في عمدة القاري». وقال في الهداية»: والأولى أن يتولى ذبحها بنفسه إذا كان يُحسن ذلك؛ لما روي: أن النبي ﷺ ساق مائة بدنة في حجة الوداع، فنحر نيفا وستين بنفسه، وولى الباقي عليا ، ولأنه قربة والتولي في القربات أولى؛ لما فيه من زيادة الخشوع، إلا أن الإنسان قد لا يهتدي لذلك، ولا يحسنه فجوزنا توليته غيره.