What is the ruling on paying the price of the 'Id sacrifice to the bank?
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Question:
What is the ruling on paying the price of the 'Id sacrifice for oneself?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because the bank has been approved by those in authority, and there is a fatwa from the Council of Senior Scholars, and it is under the supervision of specialists and those knowledgeable of the rulings of the Shari'ah. So its affairs are regulated, if Allah wills. Whoever wants to pay them, that is permissible. And whoever wants to slaughter his sacrificial animal himself, or appoint someone he trusts to do it, that is also permissible. And for a person to slaughter the sacrificial animal himself is better. And if he appoints the bank or appoints someone else, that is permissible, if Allah wills. Yes.
What is the ruling on paying the price of the 'Id sacrifice for oneself?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that, because the bank has been approved by those in authority, and there is a fatwa from the Council of Senior Scholars, and it is under the supervision of specialists and those knowledgeable of the rulings of the Shari'ah. So its affairs are regulated, if Allah wills. Whoever wants to pay them, that is permissible. And whoever wants to slaughter his sacrificial animal himself, or appoint someone he trusts to do it, that is also permissible. And for a person to slaughter the sacrificial animal himself is better. And if he appoints the bank or appoints someone else, that is permissible, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دفع ثمن الأضحية للبنك؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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