The ruling on slaughtering a sheep when building a house
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Some people ask you to slaughter a lamb or a sheep in a house when they intend to build it, saying that this is to secure the foundation of the land.
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is slaughtering for the jinn, because they slaughter it at the threshold of the house, or when they establish a partnership or a factory, they slaughter it as soon as the machinery starts. They say this is for the benefit of the factory. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because this is slaughtering for the jinn and believing in the jinn. They are the ones who ordered them to do this and inspired them that this slaughter benefits them. Whoever slaughters for other than Allah has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah). In the hadith:Sahih Muslim 1978b Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [Al-An'am 6:162].
And the evidence for the sacrificial animal is that He linked it with prayer. He linked it with prayer. Just as a person does not pray for other than Allah, so he does not slaughter for other than Allah. "So pray to your Lord and sacrifice." He linked it with prayer. So slaughtering is worship. It is not permissible to slaughter for the jinn or for the devils on the pretext that this benefits the project, or drives the jinn away from the house, or the like of that. This is a false belief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and seeking help from the devils. We ask Allah for safety.
Some people ask you to slaughter a lamb or a sheep in a house when they intend to build it, saying that this is to secure the foundation of the land.
Answer:
This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). This is slaughtering for the jinn, because they slaughter it at the threshold of the house, or when they establish a partnership or a factory, they slaughter it as soon as the machinery starts. They say this is for the benefit of the factory. This is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because this is slaughtering for the jinn and believing in the jinn. They are the ones who ordered them to do this and inspired them that this slaughter benefits them. Whoever slaughters for other than Allah has committed shirk (associating partners with Allah). In the hadith:
Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah
لعن الله من ذبح لغير الله. قال اللهSay, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَAnd the evidence for the sacrificial animal is that He linked it with prayer. He linked it with prayer. Just as a person does not pray for other than Allah, so he does not slaughter for other than Allah. "So pray to your Lord and sacrifice." He linked it with prayer. So slaughtering is worship. It is not permissible to slaughter for the jinn or for the devils on the pretext that this benefits the project, or drives the jinn away from the house, or the like of that. This is a false belief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and seeking help from the devils. We ask Allah for safety.
Source
الذبح عند بناء منزل جديد — alfawzan.live
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.