سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْإِبِلِ وَ الْبَقَرِ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِهَا قَالَ ذَوَاتُ الْأَرْحَامِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَسْنَانِهَا فَقَالَ أَمَّا الْبَقَرُ فَلَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّ أَسْنَانِهَا ضَحَّيْتَ وَ أَمَّا الْإِبِلُ فَلَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا الثَّنِيُّ فَمَا فَوْقُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad from Al Halby who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the camel and the cow, which of the two is superior that it should be slaughtered with?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one with the womb (ability to impregnate/bear)’. So I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about they years (age)’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for the cow, so it would not harm you with which of its years you slaughter, and as for the camel, so it is not correct unless it is two (years), and what is above’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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