What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So let them sacrifice whatever is easy to obtain from the sacrificial animals”?
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The questioner : In the latter part of the verse, this is not well known, and also
The Shaykh : No, no, “whatever is easy to obtain from the sacrificial animals” refers to its existence.
The questioner : You said something, did you not?
The Shaykh : No, no, no, it is obligatory that you do not slaughter anything other than an old animal. For example, if you slaughter a lamb that is, say, one month old as a fidyah (ransom payment), that is not acceptable. It is not a human child, people, it is a lamb.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Correct. “Whatever is easy to obtain” means that it must be something that is valid for sacrifice.
The Shaykh : No, no, “whatever is easy to obtain from the sacrificial animals” refers to its existence.
The questioner : You said something, did you not?
The Shaykh : No, no, no, it is obligatory that you do not slaughter anything other than an old animal. For example, if you slaughter a lamb that is, say, one month old as a fidyah (ransom payment), that is not acceptable. It is not a human child, people, it is a lamb.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Correct. “Whatever is easy to obtain” means that it must be something that is valid for sacrifice.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1723 - 4600 ما معنى قوله تعالى ( فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ )؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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