Is it permissible to give money to companies that slaughter on behalf of the pilgrim, and what is the solution regarding what has already passed, and what is required of those who dealt with them?
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The questioner : He says: We have heard from you, O honorable Shaykh, that you have warned against giving money to these companies. But O honorable Shaykh, what is the solution regarding what has already passed? We have performed Hajj more than once and we give to these companies, and they do not take our names. What is the ruling regarding what has passed? Does it suffice? If it does not suffice, what is required of us?
The Shaykh : We did not warn against giving the hady, because the hady is in reality a necessity, for the person is between two things: either he gives it to these companies, or he slaughters it and leaves it on the ground so that neither he nor anyone else benefits from it. However, if it happens that a person slaughters his hady and eats from it, gives it as a gift, and donates it, then there is no doubt that this is much better. This is possible for some people who have acquaintances in Makkah; they can appoint them as agents and say: "Slaughter the hady for us," and in that case, it will be of benefit. Or he can go down to Makkah, go to the slaughterhouse, buy and slaughter there, and he will find people crowding around him to take from him. But what I see is that it is a great error to send the value of the udhiyah to other countries to be sacrificed there. This is what has no basis. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send the hady to Makkah to be slaughtered in Makkah, and it is not reported from him, neither in an authentic nor a weak hadith, that he sent his udhiyah to any other place. Rather, he used to slaughter it in his house, and they would eat, give as gifts, and donate. Yes.
The Shaykh : We did not warn against giving the hady, because the hady is in reality a necessity, for the person is between two things: either he gives it to these companies, or he slaughters it and leaves it on the ground so that neither he nor anyone else benefits from it. However, if it happens that a person slaughters his hady and eats from it, gives it as a gift, and donates it, then there is no doubt that this is much better. This is possible for some people who have acquaintances in Makkah; they can appoint them as agents and say: "Slaughter the hady for us," and in that case, it will be of benefit. Or he can go down to Makkah, go to the slaughterhouse, buy and slaughter there, and he will find people crowding around him to take from him. But what I see is that it is a great error to send the value of the udhiyah to other countries to be sacrificed there. This is what has no basis. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send the hady to Makkah to be slaughtered in Makkah, and it is not reported from him, neither in an authentic nor a weak hadith, that he sent his udhiyah to any other place. Rather, he used to slaughter it in his house, and they would eat, give as gifts, and donate. Yes.