What is the ruling on what some pilgrims do in Mina, where they slaughter the sacrificial animals and then leave them, and then some people sell them? Is there anything wrong with this?

The questioner : Regarding the animals slaughtered there in Mina, we see that many people come, slaughter the hady, and leave it. This exposes it to being sold. It appears that it is not permissible to buy it.

The Shaykh : What, Abu Abdullah?
The student : On the left, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Who slaughtered it? But if he left it and threw it on the ground, and its ownership passed to someone else, then that person is free to dispose of it as he wishes.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : Regarding the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Do you remember, a few years ago, when we discussed this topic with you? It was about how a person might borrow money, slaughter an animal, and then pay back what he owes. He says this contradicts the hadith of "affluence." Does the word "affluence" mean "comfort"? Is this statement correct?

The Shaykh : No, it does not contradict it, because a person may be in a state of comfort but not have liquid cash.

The questioner : He does not have liquid cash.

The Shaykh : Ah, most merchants today prefer to convert their liquid cash into goods. And of course, merchants differ greatly in terms of their wealth and riches. So, from a jurisprudential perspective, it is not better to leave the Prophetic text as it came.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Because it accommodates every person of legal capacity, whereas narrow jurisprudential expressions do not. For example, a person may have shops, a grocery store, and whatever Allah wills, but he does not have the price of a sacrificial animal. Is this conceivable or not?

The questioner : It is conceivable.

The Shaykh : It is conceivable, but he can borrow with ease and without any blame, as is said, exactly as in the case of the 'aqiqah.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.