وَ مِنْ تَمامِ الاْضْحِيَّةِ اسْتِشْرافُ اُذُنِها،
For an animal to be fully fit for sacrifice it is necessary that both its ears should be raised upwards
وَ سَلامَةُ عَيْنِها.
and its eyes should be healthy.
فَاِذا سَلِمَتِ الاْذُنُ وَالْعَيْنُ سَلِمَتِ الاْضْحِيَّةُ وَ تَمَّتْ،
If the ears and the eyes are sound the animal of sacrifice is sound and perfect,
وَلَوْ كانَتْ عَضْباءَ لْقَرْنِ تَجُرُّ رِجْلَها اِلَى الْمَنْسَكِ. .
even though its horn be broken or it drags its feet to the place of sacrifice.
قال السيد الشريف: وَالْمَنْسَـكُ هُنَـا الْمَـذْبَـحُ.
As-Sayyid ar-Radi says: Here place of sacrifice means place of slaughter.
Alternative Sources for Sermon 53: Al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh, I, 461; al-Tusi, Misbah, 429; al-Khwarazmi, al-Manaqib, 108; Nasr, Siffin, 201; Ibn Qutaybah, al-'Imamah, 94; Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih, al-’Iqd, II, 108.
