The ruling on leaving the sacrificial animal to the butcher during Hajj and selling it to him

The questioner:
But some pilgrims have the butcher slaughter the sacrificial animal, and then the pilgrim says to the butcher, “Take it,” or the pilgrim leaves it. What is the ruling on this action?

The Shaykh:
What did some of the pilgrims do?

The questioner:
Some pilgrims have the butcher slaughter the sacrificial animal, and then the pilgrim says to the butcher, “Take it,” or the pilgrim leaves it. What is the ruling on this action, or is it not permissible?

The Shaykh:
If he gives it to the butcher and the butcher is in need, there is no harm in that. If the butcher is in need of it and is poor, or if he appoints him to distribute it, there is no harm in that. However, if he slaughters it, leaves it, and goes away, leaving it so he does not know whether it was appointed for distribution or swept away with the garbage, that is not permissible. He must either distribute it himself or appoint someone to distribute it. If he merely slaughters it and goes away, leaving it so he does not know what happened to it, and it might be swept away with the garbage, that is not permissible. Yes. Yes, write down the question, my brother. Yes.

The questioner:
And what is the ruling on the butcher selling it?

The Shaykh:
The butcher does not commit a violation. We said that if he is given something, it is permissible for him to sell it. The one prohibited from selling it is only the owner of the sacrificial animal. As for the one to whom it is given, he may dispose of it as he wishes: he may eat it, sell it, or give it as a gift. Yes.