Dividing the 'Id sacrifice into three parts and its ruling
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is dividing the 'Id sacrifice into three parts obligatory, such that one who leaves it off commits a sin?
Answer:
This is recommended. This is recommended, and it is better to make it three parts: one-third for the household to eat, one-third to give in charity, and one-third to give as a gift to his friends, even if they are wealthy; this is a gift, not charity. If he eats it all and does not give any of it away, this is contrary to the Sunnah; he should give some of it away, even if it is a little. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is dividing the 'Id sacrifice into three parts obligatory, such that one who leaves it off commits a sin?
Answer:
This is recommended. This is recommended, and it is better to make it three parts: one-third for the household to eat, one-third to give in charity, and one-third to give as a gift to his friends, even if they are wealthy; this is a gift, not charity. If he eats it all and does not give any of it away, this is contrary to the Sunnah; he should give some of it away, even if it is a little. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الحث على الأضحية — islamhouse.com (53:31)
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