We are a large group of pilgrims who performed Hajj with a car owner. We were numerous and contracted with him to provide our food for a specific amount of money per person.

The questioner : In his question, he says: We are a large group of pilgrims who performed Hajj with a car owner. We were numerous and contracted with him to provide our food for a specific amount of money per person. Some of us authorized him to purchase our fidyah, so he bought it and brought it to the camp in Mina. We slaughtered it, then cooked it and served it to us, and those in the camp ate it. Is this permissible, knowing that he would have purchased slaughters at his own expense if we had not given him our fidyah that day?

The Shaykh : The truth is that he erred in this action. First, regarding this slaughter, we ask: did it take place on the Day of Sacrifice and the days following it, or did it take place before that? If it took place before the festival, it was not in its proper place.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : And it does not suffice for them, but the liability lies with the one who acted. However, if it was after the festival, then this slaughter was in its proper place.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But they missed one thing, which is that this hady must have a share for the poor, and they must be fed from it. So they are liable to compensate with the minimum amount that can be called meat, and they should give it in charity to the poor of the Haram there.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : And their hady is sufficient because it took place in its proper place.

The questioner : I have summarized this from a long message, in fact, and it is...