Transferring Sacrificial Animals and Pilgrimage Offerings to Poor Countries

Question:
We also return to the topic of sacrificial animals, our honorable Shaykh, because the brothers, I mean, they ask about this a lot. They ask about transferring sacrificial animals and pilgrimage offerings to poor and needy countries. Is this practice prescribed, or is the default that one should keep them within his own country?

Answer:
My brother, the hady (pilgrimage offering) is to be in Makkah, in the Haram, as an offering at the Ka'bah, and it is not transferred to another place. Likewise, the sunnah (recommended practice) for the udhiyah (sacrifice) is that it be in the homes so that the ritual is established thereby. As for if he wants to give charity to the needy in other countries, that is sadaqah (voluntary charity) and not a ritual act; it is one of the forms of charity and does not establish the ritual. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, our Shaykh.