The age of the sacrificial animal from camels if slaughtered in ignorance of its age
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Question:
The questioner says: We bought a camel yesterday, and its owner stipulated that it is more than two years old, which is sufficient. What you have brought us is on our honor, and we bought it and slaughtered it without knowing its age. Does it suffice for us, or must we slaughter another?
Answer:
A camel that reaches the age of five years is a thaniyyah (two-year-old). What suffices for sacrifices and offerings is a thaniyyah from camels, a thaniyyah from goats, a thaniyyah from cattle that has completed two years, and a jaza' (one-year-old) from sheep. If it has only completed two years, one must take care of the age. Yes, five years. Yes.
The questioner says: We bought a camel yesterday, and its owner stipulated that it is more than two years old, which is sufficient. What you have brought us is on our honor, and we bought it and slaughtered it without knowing its age. Does it suffice for us, or must we slaughter another?
Answer:
A camel that reaches the age of five years is a thaniyyah (two-year-old). What suffices for sacrifices and offerings is a thaniyyah from camels, a thaniyyah from goats, a thaniyyah from cattle that has completed two years, and a jaza' (one-year-old) from sheep. If it has only completed two years, one must take care of the age. Yes, five years. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج - ٣ — archive.org (22:16)
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