Slaughtering the Camel While It Is Standing

Source: Urdu Explanation of ‘Umdat al-Aḥkām from the Sayings of the Best of Mankind — Translation: Ḥāfiẓ Faizullah Nāṣir

Fifth Ḥadīth:
Narrated by Ziyād ibn Jubayr:
"I saw Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them) approach a man who had made his camel sit down and then slaughtered it. Ibn ʿUmar said: 'Make it stand, and bind it according to the Sunnah of Muḥammad ﷺ.'"

✦ Explanation of Vocabulary:​

أَنَاخَ – Among the Arabs, a specific sound called “nakh” was used to make a camel sit.
– Third person masculine singular, past active verb from the form IV (باب إفعال).

✦ Explanation of the Ḥadīth:​

Slaughtering the camel while it is standing with its foreleg tied is the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ and the practice of the Companions, as mentioned in another narration which states that the Noble Prophet ﷺ and His Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to tie the left foreleg of the camel and then slaughter it while it was standing.
[Sunan Abī Dāwūd: 1767]

✦ Narrator of the Ḥadīth:​

Ziyād ibn Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) was a trustworthy Tābiʿī, and his father was also a respected Tābiʿī. They belonged to the Banū Thaqīf tribe.

References:
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Slaughtering Camels While They Are Restrained – Ḥadīth: 1713
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Book of Ḥajj, Chapter: Slaughtering the Camel While It Is Standing and Restrained – Ḥadīth: 1320
 
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