Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Obligation of Offering Sacrifice and the Place Where It Should Be Slaughtered ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ الْكَرْخِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) فِي رَجُلٍ قَدِ٠َكَّةَ فِي الْعَشْرِ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ هَدْياً وَاجِباً فَلا يَنْحَرْهُ إِلاَّ بِ٠ِنًى وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ فَلْيَنْحَرْهُ بِ٠َكَّةَ إِنْ شَاءَ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ أَشْعَرَهُ وَقَلَّدَهُ فَلا يَنْحَرْهُ إِلاَّ يَوْ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ibrahim al- Karkhiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about a man who has brought an offering to Makkah during the ten days (of the month).

He (the Imam) said, ‘If it is obligatory offering, it is slaughtered in Mina’ only, and if it is not obligatory; he can slaughter it in Makkah if he likes; and if he has marked or placed around its neck a tag, then it must not be slaughtered at any time except on the day of al- Adha’.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/159))