Is it permissible for a husband to buy a sacrificial animal on behalf of his wife, when she owns sheep?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Our sister asks: Is it permissible for a man and his wife to give charity with one sheep that the husband buys, knowing that the wife has sheep? Please answer us, may you be rewarded. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
If the intention is the 'Id sacrifice, then yes, one sheep suffices for the man and his household, just as the Companions did in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The presenter:
O Allah, send blessings upon...
The Shaykh:
A man sacrifices a sheep on behalf of himself and his household, no matter how many they are. If she means absolute charity, then yes, if a person gives charity intending the reward for himself, his wife, and whomever he wishes from the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with that according to the intention. Even if the person for whom the charity is intended has wealth, the intention of giving charity on his behalf by another benefits him, by the permission of Allah, if Allah the Exalted accepts it. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. Our sister asks: Is it permissible for a man and his wife to give charity with one sheep that the husband buys, knowing that the wife has sheep? Please answer us, may you be rewarded. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
If the intention is the 'Id sacrifice, then yes, one sheep suffices for the man and his household, just as the Companions did in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The presenter:
O Allah, send blessings upon...
The Shaykh:
A man sacrifices a sheep on behalf of himself and his household, no matter how many they are. If she means absolute charity, then yes, if a person gives charity intending the reward for himself, his wife, and whomever he wishes from the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with that according to the intention. Even if the person for whom the charity is intended has wealth, the intention of giving charity on his behalf by another benefits him, by the permission of Allah, if Allah the Exalted accepts it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4026- هل يجوز للمرأة أن يضحي عنها زوجها بشراء الأضحية، وهي تملك أغنام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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