The ruling on one who appoints another to slaughter the 'Id sacrifice and takes hair and nails

The questioner : This is an important question. He says: If a person wants to offer a sacrifice and enters the period of restriction and says, "I appoint someone to slaughter on my behalf," so that he is safe from refraining from these things, does that benefit him?

The Shaykh : It does not benefit him at all, because the ruling is tied to the one offering the sacrifice himself. This person is merely an agent, like the butcher. This is an agent, like the butcher. And many women who want to offer a sacrifice and wish to pluck their hair appoint agents. They claim that if they appoint an agent, the ruling falls away from them. The ruling falls away. This is a mistake. The ruling is tied to the one offering the sacrifice, whether he appoints an agent or not.

The questioner : Okay, and based on that, if the sacrifices I have are bequests for the deceased, and I want to offer them, is it forbidden for me to take hair, nails, and skin?

The Shaykh : No, because I am executing them by agency on behalf of others, and I have no stake in them other than the execution itself.

The questioner : Clear. Okay, and what do you say about a man who says, "Since a person avoids taking hair, nails, and skin during the ten days, I do not want to offer a sacrifice because I cannot avoid shaving my beard." Do you say this?

The Shaykh : We say this is abandoning obedience for sin. If the sacrifice is obligatory, then he has committed two wrongs, as Brother Khalid said. The first wrong is abandoning the obligatory, and the second is committing the forbidden. And look how Satan plays with some people. This is a reality, I am not saying it as a hypothetical; it is a reality. Some people are called to sacrifice because it

The questioner : prevents them from shaving their beards. I seek refuge in Allah. Okay, if a person commits this forbidden act, meaning he takes from his hair, his nails, and his skin, do we say "do not offer a sacrifice," or do we say "repent to Allah and offer a sacrifice"?

The Shaykh : The second. We say this is a sin, and it does not prevent the act of obedience. Sin does not prevent the act of obedience. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not say, "And whoever takes, let him not offer a sacrifice." He said, "Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not take." And there is a difference between the two phrases.

The questioner : Or is there no difference between them?

The Shaykh : There is a difference between them. If he had said, "Whoever takes, let him not offer a sacrifice," we would say, "Do not offer a sacrifice." But he said, "Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice, let him not take." So there is a difference between them.