Is it permissible to sacrifice a pregnant animal that has started to give birth?
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The questioner : Yes. Third, the one that has started to give birth until she is safe, because that is a danger that may lead to her death, so it is like a clear illness. It is possible that it suffices if her delivery is as usual, because the general rule for it is safety, unless a time passes that spoils the meat in it, in which case it does not suffice.
The Shaykh : It spoils in it.
The questioner : Unless a time passes that spoils the meat in it, in which case it does not suffice.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is clear: the one who has been taken by labor. Until she is safe. For this reason, the scholars said that a woman who has been taken by labor is considered among those whose illness is dangerous. So likewise, the animal, if it has been taken by labor, until it is safe, because this is a danger that may lead to its death. But we mentioned a possibility: it is possible that it suffices if its delivery is a normal delivery, because the purpose in it is safety, as long as a time does not pass that spoils the meat in it. If it does not suffice, suppose it started to give birth two, three, or four days ago, and it is contracting and delivering until its meat has spoiled. Then it does not suffice, because it would be ill with a clear illness. Huh? This is a man with a pregnant sheep. He wants to sacrifice it. So when the night of the festival came, it started to give birth. Is there a problem? He sacrifices it, except he prayed the festival prayer. It started to give birth from the night of the festival, and the festival came, and the people prayed, and it was giving birth. As long as we said there is a possibility in this, if it is a natural birth, it is slaughtered or it suffices. And it is giving birth, there is no obstacle. Glory be to Allah. Did you hear his words?
It is well-known among the common people that if the animal is pregnant, it counts as two. And I tell you that some scholars say that a pregnant animal does not suffice, meaning not even for one. They said because the pregnancy spoils the meat. But the correct view is that it suffices, but there is no increase in it. Note, and it is raised, or its mother becomes the sacrifice.
The questioner : New, or this is with them.
The Shaykh : Following a slave, because it was designated while it was in its belly.
The Shaykh : It spoils in it.
The questioner : Unless a time passes that spoils the meat in it, in which case it does not suffice.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is clear: the one who has been taken by labor. Until she is safe. For this reason, the scholars said that a woman who has been taken by labor is considered among those whose illness is dangerous. So likewise, the animal, if it has been taken by labor, until it is safe, because this is a danger that may lead to its death. But we mentioned a possibility: it is possible that it suffices if its delivery is a normal delivery, because the purpose in it is safety, as long as a time does not pass that spoils the meat in it. If it does not suffice, suppose it started to give birth two, three, or four days ago, and it is contracting and delivering until its meat has spoiled. Then it does not suffice, because it would be ill with a clear illness. Huh? This is a man with a pregnant sheep. He wants to sacrifice it. So when the night of the festival came, it started to give birth. Is there a problem? He sacrifices it, except he prayed the festival prayer. It started to give birth from the night of the festival, and the festival came, and the people prayed, and it was giving birth. As long as we said there is a possibility in this, if it is a natural birth, it is slaughtered or it suffices. And it is giving birth, there is no obstacle. Glory be to Allah. Did you hear his words?
It is well-known among the common people that if the animal is pregnant, it counts as two. And I tell you that some scholars say that a pregnant animal does not suffice, meaning not even for one. They said because the pregnancy spoils the meat. But the correct view is that it suffices, but there is no increase in it. Note, and it is raised, or its mother becomes the sacrifice.
The questioner : New, or this is with them.
The Shaykh : Following a slave, because it was designated while it was in its belly.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 322 - هل يجوز أن يُضحّى بالبهيمة الحامل التي بدأت تتولد؟ مناسك الحج والعمرة - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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