The ruling on the sacrificial animal prescribed by the tribal shaykh
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Question:
This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the rights of the tribe? For example, if a person wrongs another, the tribal shaykh rules that the wrongdoer must offer a sacrificial animal as compensation for them?
Answer:
If they do this willingly, as a gesture of goodwill that prompts them and encourages them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has permitted it, then there is no harm. As for the shaykh’s ruling, it is not a ruling that is accepted or binding; the shaykh’s ruling is not obligatory. However, if they agree to it willingly, as a gesture of goodwill toward the one who was insulted and transgressed against, and it unites them and brings them together, there is no harm. As for the rulings of the tribal shaykhs, they are not accepted and are not binding except by consent.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks: What is the ruling on the rights of the tribe? For example, if a person wrongs another, the tribal shaykh rules that the wrongdoer must offer a sacrificial animal as compensation for them?
Answer:
If they do this willingly, as a gesture of goodwill that prompts them and encourages them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has permitted it, then there is no harm. As for the shaykh’s ruling, it is not a ruling that is accepted or binding; the shaykh’s ruling is not obligatory. However, if they agree to it willingly, as a gesture of goodwill toward the one who was insulted and transgressed against, and it unites them and brings them together, there is no harm. As for the rulings of the tribal shaykhs, they are not accepted and are not binding except by consent.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 2 — archive.org (57:56)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.