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ahmad:12183Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

[Machine] I saw the Prophet (PBUH) slaughtering his sacrificial animal with his own hand.  

أحمد:١٢١٨٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَذْبَحُ أُضْحِيَّتَهُ بِيَدِهِ  


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ibnmajah:3155Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

“I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ slaughter his sacrifice with his own hand, placing his foot on its side.”  

ابن ماجة:٣١٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْبَحُ أُضْحِيَّتَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَاضِعًا قَدَمَهُ عَلَى صِفَاحِهَا