Is it permissible to slaughter an animal when buying a house or a car?
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Question:
The questioner says: Some people, when they buy a new car or a house, slaughter a sheep for it and smear it with blood.
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and from shirk (associating partners with Allah), because they do this for the jinn. They slaughter for the jinn so that, in their belief, the jinn will not harm them. This is shirk with Allah and slaughtering for other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic), out of fear of the jinn. This is a custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and a custom of shirk. It must be abandoned, and people must be warned against it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to say, when we arrive at a place of rest, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” So, if you arrive at a place of rest, whether in a house, in the desert, or in any place, you say, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” This is because, in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they arrived at a place of rest, they would say, “We seek refuge in the master of this valley from the evil of the foolish ones of his people,” meaning the jinn. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to say, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” If the Muslim says this, nothing will harm him as long as he is in that place of rest.
The questioner says: Some people, when they buy a new car or a house, slaughter a sheep for it and smear it with blood.
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and from shirk (associating partners with Allah), because they do this for the jinn. They slaughter for the jinn so that, in their belief, the jinn will not harm them. This is shirk with Allah and slaughtering for other than Allah (Mighty and Majestic), out of fear of the jinn. This is a custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and a custom of shirk. It must be abandoned, and people must be warned against it.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to say, when we arrive at a place of rest, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” So, if you arrive at a place of rest, whether in a house, in the desert, or in any place, you say, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” This is because, in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they arrived at a place of rest, they would say, “We seek refuge in the master of this valley from the evil of the foolish ones of his people,” meaning the jinn. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us to say, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” If the Muslim says this, nothing will harm him as long as he is in that place of rest.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الذبح عند شراء بيت أوسيارة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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