Those who slaughtered their sacrificial camel standing, and those who said kneeling

Hisham said: My father used to slaughter (by nahr) his sacrificial camel while it was standing.

Ibrahim and Mujahid said: Al-sawaff means the one standing on four legs, and al-sawafin means the one standing on three legs.

(And from Layth from Mujahid:) They both said: Al-sawaff is (the camel standing) on four legs, and al-sawafin is on three.

When Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) intended to slaughter a sacrificial animal (hady), he would tie its foreleg folded against the thigh, so that it stood on three legs, and then slaughter it.

Ayman bin Na'il Abi Imran said: I asked Tawus about the saying of Allah Almighty: "sawaff". He said: It means slaughtering the camel while it is standing.

Mujahid said in explanation of the saying of Allah Almighty: "And the sacrificial camels We have made for you among the symbols of Allah; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allah over them when they are lined up (sawaff)" [Al-Hajj: 36]: The camel is to be slaughtered while standing.

After he had grown old, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to slaughter the camel while it was kneeling.

Ata said: If you wish, slaughter it standing, and if you wish, slaughter it kneeling.

Al-Qasim slaughtered the camel while it was standing.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said regarding the saying of the Exalted Lord: "So mention the name of Allah over them when they are lined up (sawaff)" [Al-Hajj: 36]: It is to be slaughtered while standing.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw a man slaughtering a camel while it was kneeling. He said: "Slaughter it standing; this is the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."

When Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was young, he used to slaughter the camel standing; when he grew old, he slaughtered it kneeling.

Al-Hasan said: Slaughtering the camel while it is kneeling is easier for the camel and also easier for the one slaughtering it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to a man who was slaughtering a camel while it was kneeling. He said: "Slaughter it standing; this is the Sunnah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) slaughtered three of his camels while they were standing.

Amr bin Dinar said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him); he was slaughtering the camel while it was standing, with one of its forelegs tied.