Best ways to buy a sacrificing animal (Qurbani Ka Janwar)

Eid-ul-Adha is a beautiful religious event for the Muslim Ummah. At this event all over the world, Muslims sacrifice sheep, goats, cows, and camels in remembrance of the sacrifice of Hazarat Ibrahim (A.S.). Muslims enjoy every event linked with Eid-ul-Adha. To buy an animal is a very difficult job because most of us know little about animal health, animal qualities, and animal keeping. This writing also helps you to buy a perfectly healthy animal for the Eid-ul-Adha that makes your Eid pleasant.

We can divide the work of buying animals for Qurbani into three phases.

• Pre-buying Phase
• Buying Phase
• Post buying Phase

Pre-Buying Phase:

When you decide to go animal market you must be prepared for buying an animal and you must have fulfilled these instructions for your safety, comfort, and ease during this job.

• Wear masks: Animal markets are very poor in sanitization and are not properly well managed. So, you must wear a mask to protect yourself from possible infections.
• Wear Gloves: You must have to wear gloves because during handling animals you have plenty of chances of contracting infectious agents.  
• Use Sanitizer: Bring hand sanitizer with you so that you can use it to clean your dirty hands.
• Dressing: Your dressing must be casual so that you will feel at ease during the handling of animals and movement in the animal market.
• Rope: Bring a rope with you because animal merchants use very poor rope, which is easily broken up and also very short. This will make you comfortable in bringing your animal home.
• Conveyance: If you have your own conveyance then you must use your own vehicle because the vehicles on rent at the buying spots are very costly on Eid days.

Buying Phase:

How select sheep and cows for Qurbani is a very difficult Phase in all these three phases. So make sure to follow things during buying an animal for Eid ul Adha.

Be careful:

Beware of animal merchants from start to end.

1. Beware of pickpocketing, because plenty of pickpocketers are wandering in animal markets.
2. Always place money in a safe place or in your pockets.
3. Never decide too early. First of all, work properly and then decide.
4. Start bidding only after the complete physical examination.

Physical Examination:

1. Make sure that the physical features of the animal are perfectly good and the animal must be active and without any sign of lethargy.
2. You must check horns, teeth, ears, tails, legs, and physical wounds on the body. You must also check the body temperature of the animal and whether the animal is feeding or staying silent. Because if an animal is ill or has some kind of infection, the animals are very poor in their feeding behavior and their body temperature is also not normal.
3. Observe the back legs of animals are clean or soiled. The soiled legs indicate that the animal is suffering from diarrhea (loose motions).
4. Make a look by walking the animal to a little distance and make sure that the animal is normal in its walk and without any effect.

Post Buying Phase:

Shipment:

1. After buying phase the first important thing is the shipment of animals home. During the transport of the animal there are a lot of chances of injuries, so be careful during the uploading and unloading of the animal in the vehicle.
2. During shipment, the animal must be in the proper position and immobilized with ropes. The ropes must be properly bonded. The ropes will not be very tight or very loose.
3. Avoid too much overloading of animals in the small vehicle
4. Also, avoid the transport of small and large animals within the same vehicle.
5. Use raw straw bedding, or sand bedding so that animal feet will not slip.
6. Drive vehicle slowly to avoid falls of the animal during transport and also apply break very professionally.

At home:

1. Give freshwater to the animal.
2. Avoid immediate grain feed and give green fodder to sheep and cows.
3. Keep animals in proper places where animals feel comfortable.
4. Check water and feed regularly.
5. The animal must be in observation properly so that avoid any kind of theft and running of animal from home.

Wish you a very Happy Eid Ul Adha to every Muslim. May Almighty Allah Shovers the Blessings of Eid Ul Adha and accepts our sacrifices.