The Ruling on Appointing Another to Slaughter the Hady
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I performed Hajj last year and gave money to one of the institutions to slaughter the hady on my behalf. Is my action valid?
Answer:
Appointing an agent is permissible if you trust the one you appoint, or if you trust that he will carry out the work. So if you appoint a person you trust, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Ali.
Or you pay the accredited offices for hady and udhiyah. For hady, yes, but not for udhiyah. You pay the houses, but for hady there are offices that accept the money paid by the pilgrims and appoint them to buy the hady and slaughter it on their behalf in the slaughterhouse and distribute its meat. This is permissible. As for any individual, any company, or any… beware of this, because there are charlatans who lie to people. They distribute carcasses and say, "We slaughter and are appointed," but they take the money and run away without slaughtering anything. So do not give this to anyone except in one of two cases: either a person you trust, or an accredited office approved by the authorities. These are the offices open in Mina that accept money and appointments and give you a receipt. They handle it, and it is appointed and accredited by the authority. Apart from these two cases, do not give it to anyone, because most people are not trustworthy, and there are those who use tricks and lies. Some have been caught deceiving people, saying, "We are institutions that buy and slaughter," and they give you a receipt, but then you do not know where they are. When people looked into them, they were not found; they turned out to be fraudsters.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I performed Hajj last year and gave money to one of the institutions to slaughter the hady on my behalf. Is my action valid?
Answer:
Appointing an agent is permissible if you trust the one you appoint, or if you trust that he will carry out the work. So if you appoint a person you trust, there is no harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Ali.
Or you pay the accredited offices for hady and udhiyah. For hady, yes, but not for udhiyah. You pay the houses, but for hady there are offices that accept the money paid by the pilgrims and appoint them to buy the hady and slaughter it on their behalf in the slaughterhouse and distribute its meat. This is permissible. As for any individual, any company, or any… beware of this, because there are charlatans who lie to people. They distribute carcasses and say, "We slaughter and are appointed," but they take the money and run away without slaughtering anything. So do not give this to anyone except in one of two cases: either a person you trust, or an accredited office approved by the authorities. These are the offices open in Mina that accept money and appointments and give you a receipt. They handle it, and it is appointed and accredited by the authority. Apart from these two cases, do not give it to anyone, because most people are not trustworthy, and there are those who use tricks and lies. Some have been caught deceiving people, saying, "We are institutions that buy and slaughter," and they give you a receipt, but then you do not know where they are. When people looked into them, they were not found; they turned out to be fraudsters.
Source
التوكيل في نحر الهدي — alfawzan.live
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