Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Explanation of al-’Ish‘ar and al-Taqlid 3ـ أَبَانٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله وَزُرَارَةُ قَالا سَأَلْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الْبُدْنِ كَيْفَ تُشْعَرُ وَ٠ِنْ أَيِّ جَانِبٍ تُشْعَرُ وَ٠َعْقُولَةً تُنْحَرُ أَوْ بَارِكَةً فَقَالَ تُنْحَرُ ٠َعْقُولَةً وَتُشْعَرُ ٠ِنَ الْجَانِبِ الأَيْ٠3.

Aban has narrated from Ibrahim ibn abu ‘Abd Allah and Zurarah who have said the following: “We once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Budn (camel), how to mark it, when the owner is required to assume the state of Ihram, which side is marked and is it slaughtered tied down or knelt down. He (the Imam) said, ‘Slaughter it tied down and mark it on its right side.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/197))