What is the ruling on slaughtering an animal and holding a feast for a new house?

The questioner : Here is a question. It says: What about slaughtering when a person moves into a house, and the feast? Is there any doubt in this, or not?

The Shaykh : If it meansThe questioner : By saying "is there doubt in it," if you mean regarding the permissibility of eating it, then a pause is necessary. But if you mean regarding its religious legitimacy, the answer is yes; it is not prescribed in the Shari'ah for a Muslim to be obligated to slaughter an animal when he builds a house or buys a house. Rather, the Shari'ah commands the Muslim generally to fulfill the duty of thanking Allah the Exalted and Glorious for a sudden blessing. Otherwise, a person always lives in the blessings of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. But if Allah the Exalted and Glorious bestows a blessing on a person that is not customary, and he wants to thank Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, for it, by what means is it permissible for him to fulfill the duty of thanking Allah the Exalted and Glorious? In the Shari'ah, there is something you have surely heard of, called prostration of gratitude. Prostration of gratitude means that if a person is surprised by a blessing, he immediately prostrates, thanking Allah the Exalted and Glorious for this blessing He has bestowed upon him. But if he wants to thank Allah the Exalted and Glorious in a more upright way, or as they say today, in a way more established than a prostration to Allah—which every person can do—and he wants to be generous with something of his wealth and strive against his self, about which our Lord said in the Noble Qur'an: , and he wants to purify it by giving out something of his wealth, there is no harm in that. But he must not commit to a specific form, as is the subject of the discussion now, that if he builds a house or buys a house, he must slaughter an animal. No, it is not a condition. If he slaughters, that is fine. If he gives charity, that is fine. If he prostrates, that is fine. If he prays two units of prayer to Allah, that is fine, and so on. Rather, he should not adopt a specific path as a sign of his thanks to Allah for this blessing of Allah. This is the answer to the first possibility. As for the second possibility, is there anything wrong with eating from this slaughtered animal? The answer is: if the one who slaughtered did not associate with the slaughtered animal a polytheistic matter that contradicts the sincerity of this sacrifice to Allah, as was explained previously before the prayer , then if he slaughtered this animal for Allah, there is no doubt that eating from it is lawful. But we say that it is not prescribed to commit to slaughtering it on such an occasion. So there are two rulings: if it is slaughtered for Allah as thanks, it is of course lawful because it was not slaughtered for other than Allah. But it was slaughtered in a way that introduces an innovation in the religion if he committed to it. But if it is in the context of thanking Allah, as detailed in the explanation that preceded, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.