Narrated to us Waki‘, narrated to us Hammad ibn Salamah, from Abu al-‘Ushara’, from his father, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, is slaughtering not valid except in the throat or the base of the neck?" He said: "If you stab it in its thigh, it would suffice you."

Narrated to us ‘Affan, narrated to us Hammad ibn Salamah, from Abu al-‘Ushara’, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the like of it. He said: And I heard him say: "By your father."