Slaughtering an animal in gratitude for a blessing and eating from it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a person slaughters a sheep because Allah has bestowed a blessing upon him, is it permissible for him to eat from this sheep, given that he had said, “If Allah blesses me, I will slaughter a sheep”? Does he eat from it?
Answer:
No, he does not slaughter the sheep. He does not slaughter the sheep just because Allah has bestowed a blessing upon him. What is the occasion for this slaughter? Slaughtering is an act of worship, so one does not slaughter except at the places and times prescribed for slaughter for Allah the Exalted, such as the ‘Id sacrifice, the ‘aqiqah, or the arrival of a traveler. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If a person slaughters a sheep because Allah has bestowed a blessing upon him, is it permissible for him to eat from this sheep, given that he had said, “If Allah blesses me, I will slaughter a sheep”? Does he eat from it?
Answer:
No, he does not slaughter the sheep. He does not slaughter the sheep just because Allah has bestowed a blessing upon him. What is the occasion for this slaughter? Slaughtering is an act of worship, so one does not slaughter except at the places and times prescribed for slaughter for Allah the Exalted, such as the ‘Id sacrifice, the ‘aqiqah, or the arrival of a traveler. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أسباب عبادة الأصنام : الغلو في المخلوق وإعطاؤه فوق منزلته — islamhouse.com (1:04:39)
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