On the description of the Day of Sacrifice

On the description of the Day of Sacrifice (Id al-Aḍḥa) and the qualities of the animal for sacrifice

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,…

as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: Here place of sacrifice means place of slaughter.