Al-Hajj 28: So that they may witness some benefits for them and mention Allah’s name on determined dates on animals (for sacrifice) that We have given as provisions to you. Now, eat from it yourself and feed the needy and poor.

We have come to verse 28. "So that they may witness certain benefits for themselves, and over the sacrificial animals Allah has given them as provision, on certain days, mention the name of Allah and sacrifice, let them come to you, to the Kaaba; then eat of it yourselves, and also feed the needy and the poor." We will sacrifice, right, in the sacrifice. He reveals it in the verse, you know: when they called the Prophet "abtar", he was saddened. That is, because he was saddened that they called him without descendants. Allah Almighty: Innâ a'taynâke'l-kevser. I have given you the head of all good things.

Fe salli li rabbike venhar. You pray, He says. Sacrifice. İnne şânieke huve'l-ebter. He says: those who call you abtar, you know, He says, theirs, He says, şâne, theirs, He says. Their lineage is cut off, He says. They are the ones who are abtar, He says. Indeed, at the (?), when they are left alone, the father will not recognise his child, nor the child his father, at a time when no one can be of any benefit to anyone. Yet Allah Almighty's beloved servants, His saintly servants, those who reach the rank of intercession will intercede for one another. The Prophet (peace be upon him) will intercede for his community.

So the Prophet's standing is great. Those who are abtar, whose lineage is cut off, are they. The benefits for people in coming to Hajj are of two kinds. Their first benefit, the worldly one, is that people get to know each other and trade. Their second benefit is spiritual: following Allah's command, their hereafter, to renew their covenants, coming to the House of Allah and being cleansed of their sins, they attain Allah's mercy. From the sacrificial animals Allah Almighty gives people as provision, on certain days, they slaughter while mentioning Allah's name, and eat from them themselves straight away, and also distribute to those in need.

The name given to the certain days on which sacrificial animals are slaughtered is Ayyam al-Nahr, they are called the days of sacrifice. These days are the 10th, 11th and 12th days of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah. The 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah is the 1st day of the Feast of Sacrifice. The sacrifices are slaughtered on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days of the Feast of Sacrifice. In difficult circumstances, up to the time of the afternoon prayer on the fourth day of the Feast of Sacrifice it is also mustahab to slaughter a sacrifice. These sacrifices are four-legged, of the camel, cattle and sheep kinds.