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{{Main|Sacrifice}} "Sacrifice" is one of the obligatory [[Rites of Hajj al-Tamattu'|rituals of Hajj,]] referring to the ritual slaughter of a sheep or cow or the ritual slaughter (naḥr) of a camel, to draw closer to God.<ref>Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām, vol. 1, p. 260; Muntahā al-Maṭlab, vol. 11, p. 183; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, p. 136; al-Badāʾiʿ, vol. 5, p. 69; al-Majmūʿ, vol. 8, p. 398; al-Mughnī, vol. 11, pp. 96, 118; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 2, p. 955; Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 10, chapter 10 of the chapters on slaughter, hadith 1, 2, and 5.</ref><ref>Maqāyīs al-Lugha, vol. 5, p. 80.</ref> [[Shi'a]] jurists consider its location to be [[Mina]] and its time to be the day of [[Eid al-Adha]],<ref>Tadhkirat al-Fuqahāʾ, vol. 8, p. 252; Riyāḍ al-Masāʾil, vol. 6, p. 400; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, p. 120; Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 10, chapter 28 of the chapters on slaughter, hadith 2; chapter 4 of the chapters on slaughter, hadith 1, 5, 6, and 7.</ref><ref>Madārik al-Aḥkām, vol. 8, p. 27; Mustanad al-Shīʿa, vol. 12, p. 299; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, p. 223.</ref> but [[Ahl al-Sunna]] jurists permit it from the tenth to the twelfth of Dhu l-Hijja.<ref>Al-Mawsūʿa al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaytiyya, vol. 42, p. 249.</ref> The animal must be healthy and fat,<ref>Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām, vol. 1, p. 260; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, p. 139; Sunan al-Tirmidhī, vol. 4, p. 87.</ref><ref>Mustanad al-Shīʿa, vol. 12, p. 307; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, pp. 136-138; al-Ḥadāʾiq al-Nāḍira, vol. 17, pp. 88-91.</ref> and according to most jurists, it is recommended that its meat be divided among the pilgrim himself, the needy, and others.<ref>Al-Nihāya, p. 261; Riyāḍ al-Masāʾil, vol. 6, p. 428; Jawāhir al-Kalām, vol. 19, p. 157; ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ, vol. 2, p. 438.</ref><ref name=":1">Sura Al-Hajj, verse 36.</ref>