Agency in the Sacrificial Animal, Ransom, 'Id Sacrifice, and 'Aqiqah
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Question:
If one appoints a righteous shaykh to handle the sacrificial animal (hady), the ransom (fidyah), the 'Id sacrifice, and possibly the 'aqiqah, what is your guidance on this, especially since there is a basis for this matter?
Answer:
As for the 'Id sacrifice and the 'aqiqah, they are slaughtered in the homes, the household members eat from them, they are generous with their meat, and they give charity and gifts from it. It is a ritual practice performed in the homes and is not sent to other parties, because doing so defeats its purpose. This is one aspect. The other aspect is that the organizations that receive it, claiming to execute it, are not trustworthy. Who can be trusted with this matter?
As for the sacrificial animal (hady), the prescribed method established by the government, may Allah guide it, based on the fatwa of the scholars and adopted by them, is that there is no harm in paying the value to them. What Allah wills. Because this is a trustworthy entity authorized for this matter by the one in authority and by the fatwa of the scholars. As for the unknown organizations that issue these certificates and claim to buy and slaughter the sacrificial animal on behalf of those who pay them money, it is not permissible to pay them, and one’s conscience is not cleared by paying them, because they are not trustworthy and because they are not authorized by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
If one appoints a righteous shaykh to handle the sacrificial animal (hady), the ransom (fidyah), the 'Id sacrifice, and possibly the 'aqiqah, what is your guidance on this, especially since there is a basis for this matter?
Answer:
As for the 'Id sacrifice and the 'aqiqah, they are slaughtered in the homes, the household members eat from them, they are generous with their meat, and they give charity and gifts from it. It is a ritual practice performed in the homes and is not sent to other parties, because doing so defeats its purpose. This is one aspect. The other aspect is that the organizations that receive it, claiming to execute it, are not trustworthy. Who can be trusted with this matter?
As for the sacrificial animal (hady), the prescribed method established by the government, may Allah guide it, based on the fatwa of the scholars and adopted by them, is that there is no harm in paying the value to them. What Allah wills. Because this is a trustworthy entity authorized for this matter by the one in authority and by the fatwa of the scholars. As for the unknown organizations that issue these certificates and claim to buy and slaughter the sacrificial animal on behalf of those who pay them money, it is not permissible to pay them, and one’s conscience is not cleared by paying them, because they are not trustworthy and because they are not authorized by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/060 — archive.org (9:23)
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