Sunan Ibn Majah #3184 · Chapters on Slaughtering

Sunan Ibn MajahIt was narrated from Abu ‘Ushara’ that his father said
Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 27 · Chapters on Slaughtering
Sunan Ibn Majah · كتاب 27 · كتاب الذبائح
“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat or upper chest?’ He said: ‘If you stab it in the thigh that will suffice you.’”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُشَرَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَكُونُ الذَّكَاةُ إِلاَّ فِي الْحَلْقِ وَاللَّبَّةِ قَالَ ‏
"‏ لَوْ طَعَنْتَ فِي فَخِذِهَا لأَجْزَأَكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 3184In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 23