The ruling on punishing one who slaughters another person's sacrificial animal without his permission, in the context of discretionary punishment
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Question : But if we knew that his intention was aggression, would he be subject to discretionary punishment or not?
Answer : Yes, he is subject to discretionary punishment. Even if the owner said, "I do not agree that he took charge of slaughtering it; this is an overreach on my part, and I am demanding that he guarantee it, and it belongs to him," it is appropriate to say, yes, he has that right, so that no one overreaches against another. However, in principle, it is not permissible, because once he slaughtered it, it became designated, and this meat became a sacrificial animal to be distributed to the poor, so it is not valid to take a sheep in its place to be slaughtered. But if the one in authority sees that there is a public benefit in this, then this is appropriate.
Answer : Yes, he is subject to discretionary punishment. Even if the owner said, "I do not agree that he took charge of slaughtering it; this is an overreach on my part, and I am demanding that he guarantee it, and it belongs to him," it is appropriate to say, yes, he has that right, so that no one overreaches against another. However, in principle, it is not permissible, because once he slaughtered it, it became designated, and this meat became a sacrificial animal to be distributed to the poor, so it is not valid to take a sheep in its place to be slaughtered. But if the one in authority sees that there is a public benefit in this, then this is appropriate.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [3820] حكم معاقبة من ذبح هدي غيره دون إذنه من باب التعزير - تعليقات على الكافي لابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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