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Is the slaughter of camels to be avoided if it has a negative impact on coronavirus patients?

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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, may Allah preserve you. I mean, I mean, we ask Allah for health for all the Muslim patients and that He protect this country from epidemics and diseases. The spread of the coronavirus and its link to camels. Many of the brothers ask: Do we switch away from camels in the case of, I mean, fear of this disease in our 'Id sacrifices and our hady?

Answer:
Yes, yes. If there is a warning from the Ministry of Health regarding the slaughter of camels and eating their meat in these days when this disease, which is related to camels, is present, then one switches from slaughtering them for the 'Id sacrifice and the hady to slaughtering sheep and cattle. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3077] هل يُترك ذبح الإبل إذا كان له أثر سلبي على مرضى كورونا؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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