at that point it lapses, as if he had prayed, and it is the same whether he leaves the prayer intentionally or unintentionally, due to an excuse or otherwise. As for the slaughter on the second day, it is permissible (9) at the beginning of the day because the prayer is not obligatory therein, and because the time has already entered on the first day, and this is part of its continuation, so neither prayer nor anything else is considered for it. If the Imam prays in the prayer ground and appoints a deputy who prays in the mosque, then whenever they pray in either of the two places, the slaughter is permissible, because the prayer exists by which the obligation is dropped for the rest of the people. If one slaughters after the prayer but before the sermon, it is sufficient according to the apparent statement of Ahmad, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) linked the prohibition to the performance of the prayer, so it does not relate to anything else, and because the sermon is not obligatory. This is the view of al-Thawri. The second [view regarding the] end of the time: its end is the end of the second day of the days of Tashriq, so the days of sacrifice are three: the Day of Sacrifice (10) and two days after it. This is the view of Umar, Ali, Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, and Anas. Ahmad said: The days of sacrifice are three, as [was stated by] more than one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). In one narration, he said: Five of the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he did not mention Anas. This is the view of Malik, al-Thawri, and Abu Hanifah. It was narrated from Ali that its end is the end of the days of Tashriq; this is the school of al-Shafi'i, and the view of Ata and al-Hasan, because it was narrated from Jubayr ibn Mut'im that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "All the days of Mina are a place of slaughter." (11) And because they are days of takbir (saying Allahu Akbar) and breaking the fast, so they are a place for slaughter just like the first two. Ibn Sirin said: It is not permissible except on the Day of Sacrifice specifically, because it is an ordinance (12) of an Eid, so it is not permissible except on one day, like the performance of the Fitra (zakat al-fitr) on the day of Eid al-Fitr. Sa'id ibn Jubayr and Jabir ibn Zayd said the same as Ibn Sirin regarding the people of the cities and our view regarding the people of Mina. From Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman and Ata ibn Yasar: Sacrifice is permissible until the new moon of Muharram. Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf said: A man among the Muslims would buy an animal for sacrifice, fatten it until the end of Dhu al-Hijjah, and then sacrifice it. Narrated