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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A deceased person bequeathed that a sacrificial animal (udhiyah) be slaughtered on his behalf every year from his wealth within the city. Is it permissible to slaughter it on his behalf outside the city?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A person is in charge of a bequest for a deceased man, the terms of which are that he sacrifices an udhiyah on his behalf every year from the rental income of a building he owned. The person in charge of the bequest says he has appointed someone to slaughter this udhiyah outside the city. Does his action absolve him of responsibility? Or must he ensure that it is slaughtered at its proper time?

Answer:
No, the person in charge of the bequest must slaughter it. The deceased did not bequeath that it be slaughtered outside the city, so it is not permissible to slaughter it outside the city, because the deceased did not say to slaughter it outside the city, and he is following the words of the one who made the bequest.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1938 -3022] أوصى ميت أن تذبح عنه أضحية كل عام من ماله داخل البلد، فهل يجوز أن تذبح عنه خارج البلد؟ — youtube.com

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