Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Manner of Slaughtering َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ جَ٠ِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ تَبْدَأُ بِ٠ِنًى بِالذَّبْحِ قَبْلَ الْحَلْقِ وَفِي الْعَقِيقَةِ بِالْحَلْقِ قَبْلَ الذَّبْحِ. 7.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Musa ibn Ja’far al-Baghdadiy from Jamil who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘In Mina’ begin with slaughtering before shaving, and in al-‘Aqiqah (offering for child-birth) begin with shaving before slaughtering the offering.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/179))