Is it permissible for the pilgrim to slaughter his hady before the festival?
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I performed the obligatory Hajj, and we were seven individuals, and we slaughtered a camel two days before the festival. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner says: We performed the obligatory Hajj, and we were seven individuals, and we slaughtered a camel two days before the festival. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter?
The Shaykh:
If you were performing tamattu' (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them) or qiran (combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram), the hady is obligatory upon you. The hady is only to be slaughtered on the day of the festival or the three days following it, the days of Tashriq. As for slaughtering before the day of the festival, it does not suffice. So you made a mistake by slaughtering before the time of slaughter. Acts of worship, when their time is specified, are not permissible to be performed before that time. For example, it is not permissible to pray before the time of prayer enters, and it is not valid if one prays before the time of prayer enters. Likewise, the time for slaughtering the hady is specified: the day of the festival or the three days after it, making four days: the day of the festival and the three days following it. This is the time of slaughter. Whoever slaughters before that, his slaughter is not valid, because he slaughtered before the time. So it is obligatory upon those who are able to slaughter to slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) as qada' (making up a missed act of worship). Whoever is able to slaughter, he slaughters as qada'. And whoever is not able, he fasts ten days.
The questioner says: I performed the obligatory Hajj, and we were seven individuals, and we slaughtered a camel two days before the festival. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The questioner says: We performed the obligatory Hajj, and we were seven individuals, and we slaughtered a camel two days before the festival. What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter?
The Shaykh:
If you were performing tamattu' (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them) or qiran (combining 'Umrah and Hajj in one ihram), the hady is obligatory upon you. The hady is only to be slaughtered on the day of the festival or the three days following it, the days of Tashriq. As for slaughtering before the day of the festival, it does not suffice. So you made a mistake by slaughtering before the time of slaughter. Acts of worship, when their time is specified, are not permissible to be performed before that time. For example, it is not permissible to pray before the time of prayer enters, and it is not valid if one prays before the time of prayer enters. Likewise, the time for slaughtering the hady is specified: the day of the festival or the three days after it, making four days: the day of the festival and the three days following it. This is the time of slaughter. Whoever slaughters before that, his slaughter is not valid, because he slaughtered before the time. So it is obligatory upon those who are able to slaughter to slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) as qada' (making up a missed act of worship). Whoever is able to slaughter, he slaughters as qada'. And whoever is not able, he fasts ten days.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجزئ ذبح الحاج لهديه قبل العيد؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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