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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to give charity on behalf of a deceased person by slaughtering animals and distributing them to the poor?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of my relatives passed away a short time ago. After his death, yes, one of my relatives passed away a short time ago, and after his death, a person wanted to send us a sum of money for the purpose of buying a sacrificial animal and distributing it to the poor. Is this action correct? And if it is not correct, what do we do with this money that came to us for this purpose?

Answer:
Give it as charity. Give the money as charity. The charity required on behalf of the deceased is money, or food, or clothing, or what is necessary. The sacrificial animal is surrounded by doubt and suspicion that it is slaughtered due to a belief or something similar to that. Distribute the money. Distribute it as money, and do not return it to him. Say to him: You distribute it as money. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [35 -582] هل تجوز الصدقة عن الميت بذبح الذبائح وتوزيعها على الفقراء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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