Ways of The Prophet (S.A.W)

THE METHOD OF SACRIFICE

Whenever the Prophet wanted to sacrifice a goat, he would place his left foot on its face and would slaughter it saying:

                    “In the name of ALLAAH. ALLAAH is most great.”

He enjoined his people that when they have to slaughter they should do so in a proper manner, i.e. they should use a sharp knife and slaughter the animal quickly. [Zadul Ma’ad]

It occurs in Abu Dawud on the Authority of Hadrat Jabir (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu): “I went with the Prophet to the Eidgah on the day of Eidul Adha. A ram was brought to him after he had finished the khutbah. He slaughtered it with his own hand saying  (Bismillah, Allaahu Akbar) and said: “This is on my behalf and on behalf of every one of my Ummah who has not been able to sacrifice”. It has been reported in Sahihain that the Prophet used to do slaughtering and nahr in Eidgah.

Hadrat Jabir Bin Abdullah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that on the day of sacrifice, the Prophet slaughtered two blackish white horned castrated rams. After turning their faces towards the Qiblah he recited:

Lo! I have turned my face toward Him who created the heavens and the earth, as one by nature upright, and I am not of the idolators. Say: Lo! My worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for ALLAAH, Lord of the Worlds. He hath no partner. This I am commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him). [VI/79, 163 164]

O ALLAAH! This sacrifice is from Thee, and for Thee; accept it then from Mohammad and his people In the name of ALLAAH, ALLAAH is most great. And then he slaughtered them. [Ahmad Abu Dawud]

After slaughtering the following should be recited:

Accept it from me in the same manner as Thou has accepted the sacrifice from Thy beloved, our Sayyid, Mohammad (Salalahu Alaihi Wasallam) and Thy Khalil, our Sayyid, lbrahim (Salalahu Alaihi Wasallam).

If the above supplication is recited on behalf of some one else then  (i.e. on behalf of so and so) should be said instead of the word  and thereafter the name of the person offering sacrifice should be said.