Slaughtering at the mountain for the descent of rain
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our village, people go to a mountain and take a sacrificial animal with them, which they slaughter at the mountain for the sake of Allah. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, no, this is not permissible. Why do they slaughter the animal? They slaughter it so that rain will fall. They say they slaughter it at the mountain so that rain will fall. This is from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), so this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our village, people go to a mountain and take a sacrificial animal with them, which they slaughter at the mountain for the sake of Allah. Is this permissible?
Answer:
No, no, this is not permissible. Why do they slaughter the animal? They slaughter it so that rain will fall. They say they slaughter it at the mountain so that rain will fall. This is from the matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), so this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:07:07)
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