Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Animals that Can Be Slaughtered in al-Haram and Items that Can Be Taken Out of al-Haram ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِي٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الل�� (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ لا يُذْبَحُ بِ٠َكَّةَ إِلاَّ الإِبِلُ وَالْبَقَرُ وَالْغَنَ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is prohibited to slaughter any animal in Makkah except camels, cows, sheep and chickens.”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/83))