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Very specific instructions.

Shaikh Hamadi noted that sacrifice is one of the most important forms of worship in Islam and the animal is slaughtered for the sake of Allah.

Second, the person who does the slaughtering should be a Muslim. It is preferable that a Muslim do the slaughtering because the sacrifice is an act of worship for the purpose of pleasing Allah Almighty. Therefore it is better if a Muslim does the slaughtering himself or herself. According to various schools, if a Muslim delegates a non-Muslim to slaughter on his behalf, it is acceptable but hated (makruh).

According to teachings of Islam, the conditions for the actual slaughter include that the animal should be slaughtered with a sharp object which is capable of making it bleed by severing blood vessels, even if the sharp object is a stone or a piece of wood. The slaughtering is to be done by cutting the throat of the animal or by piercing the hollow of the throat, causing its death. The best way is to cut the windpipe, the gullet, and the two jugular veins.