What is the best process for a pilgrim in performing the ceremonies on the slaughtering day?

Question No. 40:

What is the best process for a pilgrim in performing the ceremonies on the slaughtering day? Is it permissible to perform these rites before and after one another?


Answer No. 40:

The right procedure according to the Sunnah on the day of slaughtering is to throw the Jamrat first i. e. Jamratul Aqaba (The stone built pillar of Aqaba) which is the nearest one to Makkah. He should throw it with seven pebbles one after another, saying Allahu-Akbar (Allah is the greatest) at each throwing. Then he should slaughter his Hadi (Sacrificial animal) if he has got it. Then he should get his hair shaved off or cut short, but shaving is better. Then he should perform Tawaf and also Sa’ie, if he had not done Sa’ie before this is the better manner, such as the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) performed these ceremonies serially, first he threw the Pebbles, then he slaughtered Hadi and then got his hair shaved off. Afterwards (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) he went to Makkah and performed Tawaf. The process as followed is the best, firstly throwing Jamrat, then slaughtering, then shaving off or cutting hair, then performing Tawaf and Sa’ie, if he has to do Sa’ie. There is no objection if he performs these ceremonies before and after one another.

There is no objection if he slaughtered before throwing Jamrat or performed Tawaf before throwing or he shaved off his hair before slaughtering, When the Prophet was asked about the persons who performed some of the ceremonies before or after one another, he replied that there was no objection, there was no objection.