The ruling on leaving the sacrificial animal with the butcher

The questioner:
Some pilgrims used to have the butcher take it, and then the pilgrim would say to the butcher, "Take it all," or the pilgrim would say, "What do you think of his doing this?"

The Shaykh:
What did some of the pilgrims do?

The questioner:
There are some men who have the butcher slaughter the sacrificial animal, and then the pilgrim says to the butcher, "Take it," or the pilgrim leaves it. What is the ruling on my action? What should I do?

The Shaykh:
If he gives it to the butcher and the butcher is in need, there is no harm in that. If the butcher is in need of it and poor, or if he appoints him to distribute it, there is no harm in that. However, if he slaughters it and leaves it and goes away, leaving it there, that is not permissible. If he appoints someone or it gets mixed with the garbage, that is not permissible. He must either distribute it himself or appoint someone to distribute it. If he merely slaughters it and goes away, leaving it there, not knowing what happens to it, and it perhaps gets thrown away with the garbage, that is not permissible.

The questioner:
So the relief from it comes from the butcher beforehand.

The Shaykh:
The butcher does not transgress. We said that if he is given something, it is permissible for him to sell it. The one prohibited from selling it is only the owner of the sacrificial animal. As for the one to whom it is given, he may deal with it as he wishes: he may eat it, sell it, or give it as a gift.