The ruling on designating the 'Id sacrifice and its death before the festival

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: In our country, seven months before the festival, they raise sheep and designate one of them as the 'Id sacrifice. Does this designation make it obligatory? And what is the ruling if it dies before that?

Answer:
If he designates it, it becomes designated. If he says, "This is the 'Id sacrifice," it becomes designated. It is not permissible for him to sell it or to slaughter it and eat it. It does not become designated as the 'Id sacrifice. If it dies due to an affliction, he is not required to replace it; he is not required to replace it. Except if it was designated for a vowed sacrifice or for a bequest. If it dies, he replaces it with another, because this is obligatory before the designation; it is obligatory in his liability before the designation. Yes.