وَمِنۡ خُطۡبَةٍ [في بعض النسخ: كَلَامٍ] لَهُ عَلَيۡهِ السَّلَامُ
From one of his sermons
وَمِنۡهَا: فِي ذِكۡرَى يَوۡمِ النَّحۡرِ وَصۡفَةُ الۡأُضۡحِيَّةِ
On the description of the Day of Sacrifice (ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā) and the qualities of the animal for sacrifice
وَمِنۡ تَمامِ الۡأُضۡحِيَّةِ اسۡتِشۡرافُ اُذُنِها، وَسَلَامَةُ عَيۡنِها، فَإِذَا سَلِمَتِ الۡأُذُنُ وَالۡعَيۡنُ سَلِمَتِ الۡأُضۡحِيَّةُ وَ تَمَّتۡ، وَلَوۡ كانَتۡ عَضۡباءَ لۡقَرۡنِ تَجُرُّ رِجۡلَهَا اِلَى الۡمَنۡسَكِ.
For an animal to be fully fit for sacrifice, it is necessary that both its ears should be raised upwards and its eyes should be healthy. If the ears and the eyes are sound, the animal of sacrifice is sound and perfect, even though its horn be broken or it drags its feet to the place of sacrifice.
[وزاد في بعض النسخ:] قَالَ الرِّضِيُّ [في بعض النسخ: قال السيد الشريف]: وَالۡمَنۡسَـكُ هَاهُنَـا الۡمَـذۡبَـحُ.
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Here “place of sacrifice” means place of slaughter.
