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The Sacrifice (Hady)
After stoning, the Prophet ﷺ went to the place of sacrifice and slaughtered his animals with his own hand. The one performing tamattu' or qiran must offer a sacrificial animal (hady); the one performing ifrad need not, though he may offer one voluntarily.
The least is a sheep or goat, or a seventh share of a camel or cow: the Companions shared a camel among seven and a cow among seven. All of Mina is a place of sacrifice.
Whoever cannot find an animal fasts ten days instead: three during hajj and seven after returning home. Allah says: ﴿فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلَـٰثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ﴾ (“Whoever cannot find one must fast three days during hajj and seven when you have returned.”) The same verse says that this sacrifice is owed by those whose family does not live at the Sacred Mosque.
All four schools agree on this step.
- Sahih Muslim 1218Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Qur'an 2:196
- Sahih Muslim 1318Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Qur'an 22:36
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
The positions of the four schools are summarised from their standard references and are pending review by a qualified scholar. Follow the school you were taught, and for your own situation, ask a scholar.
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