The one performing tamattu' finds the sacrificial animal after fasting the three days
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. As for the one performing tamattu' who did not find a sacrificial animal and began fasting the three days, and on the third day he found the value of the sacrificial animal, is it obligatory for him to slaughter the sacrificial animal?
Answer:
This is a difficult issue, but if he fasted the three days and did not find the sacrificial animal, and he did not find it except after that, then he completes the fasting. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. As for the one performing tamattu' who did not find a sacrificial animal and began fasting the three days, and on the third day he found the value of the sacrificial animal, is it obligatory for him to slaughter the sacrificial animal?
Answer:
This is a difficult issue, but if he fasted the three days and did not find the sacrificial animal, and he did not find it except after that, then he completes the fasting. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب تحريم قتل الصيد وضمانه بنظيره — islamhouse.com (44:51)
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