Calling people and slaughtering a sacrificial animal for the opening of a new house
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to invite people to the opening of a house, for example, and then slaughter a sacrificial animal for this new house, provided that its blood is not smeared on the walls or elsewhere?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. This is a display of joy and gathering people to rejoice with you in occupying this house. There is no harm in it, if Allah wills.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to invite people to the opening of a house, for example, and then slaughter a sacrificial animal for this new house, provided that its blood is not smeared on the walls or elsewhere?
Answer:
There is no harm in that. This is a display of joy and gathering people to rejoice with you in occupying this house. There is no harm in it, if Allah wills.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (1:11:44)
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