Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Explanation of al-’Ish‘ar and al-Taqlid 2ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنْ تَجْلِيلِ الْهَدْيِ وَتَقْلِيدِهَا فَقَالَ لا تُبَالِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ فَعَلْتَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ إِشْعَارِ الْهَدْيِ فَقَالَ نَعَ٠ِنَ الشِّقِّ الأَيْ٠َتَى نُشْعِرُهَا قَالَ حِينَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُحْرِ٠2.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Mu‘alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Aban from Muhammad al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about the decorating and placing something around the neck of the offering animal. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not important whichever you did.’ I asked about marking the offering animal.

He said, ‘Yes, mark it on its right side.’ I asked, ‘When should I do it?’ He said, ‘Do it when you want to assume the state of Ihram.”’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/196))