What is the ruling on appointing an agent to slaughter the sacrificial animal of Hajj?
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The questioner : Regarding Hajj, the method of slaughter or the style of slaughter in Saudi Arabia is currently not feasible. I mean, they take the price of the sacrificial animal from you, and they are entrusted with the slaughter on their own responsibility. So, since the Hajj of this year is tamattu', the sacrificial animal is obligatory upon you. So, do you trust them to give them the price of this sacrificial animal?
The Shaykh : As for me, no, by Allah.
The questioner : And what is the ruling, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for the people, it is a matter of trust!
The students: Heh.
The Shaykh : Most people, here, they want it, whereas the Sunnah is that you slaughter it yourself. If you cannot, you appoint someone else?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You supervise it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You take from it, you eat from it, you distribute it, and so on. All of this goes to waste with this agency, especially since you mentioned that it is on their responsibility!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where are the responsibilities today!
The questioner : No, I mean as a legal ruling, if we cannot, for example, buy a sacrificial animal there and slaughter it?
The Shaykh : No, that has become a different matter now. You have set a condition: "if we cannot"!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What if one cannot?[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
The questioner : We pay for it.
The Shaykh : Like this necessity.
The questioner : We pay its value and we rely upon Allah.
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The Shaykh : My brother, this agency has issues!
The questioner : We strive as much as we can, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : There are many haphazard matters!
The questioner: In it.
The Shaykh : Is there a problem with it? Because it is permissible for you to pay the price of a sacrifice that is less than what you give, and the reverse is the reverse regarding others?
The questioner: Correct.
Another questioner : And then, we must also investigate, our Shaykh, regarding the approval of the sacrificial animals?
The Shaykh : That is it, and noting the conditions in them!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the matter becomes just a job, it is ruined. Look, the imam has become an official employee who does not perform his duty, the mu'adhdhin does not perform his duty, the mosque attendant does not perform his duty, because their concern is money. But the thing in which a person succeeds is if it is pure for the face of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The time has come.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : Do you notice the time?
The questioner : Six minutes.
The Shaykh : Regarding the adhan.
The questioner : Six minutes for the adhan.
The Shaykh : Did you notice the sunset? It is necessary.
The questioner : What time is the sunset?
The questioner : The other: The adhan is at five.
The questioner : At five.
The Shaykh : Now the time has come for you.
The Shaykh : As for me, no, by Allah.
The questioner : And what is the ruling, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for the people, it is a matter of trust!
The students: Heh.
The Shaykh : Most people, here, they want it, whereas the Sunnah is that you slaughter it yourself. If you cannot, you appoint someone else?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You supervise it.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You take from it, you eat from it, you distribute it, and so on. All of this goes to waste with this agency, especially since you mentioned that it is on their responsibility!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Where are the responsibilities today!
The questioner : No, I mean as a legal ruling, if we cannot, for example, buy a sacrificial animal there and slaughter it?
The Shaykh : No, that has become a different matter now. You have set a condition: "if we cannot"!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What if one cannot?
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعهاThe questioner : We pay for it.
The Shaykh : Like this necessity.
The questioner : We pay its value and we rely upon Allah.
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The Shaykh : My brother, this agency has issues!
The questioner : We strive as much as we can, if Allah wills?
The Shaykh : There are many haphazard matters!
The questioner: In it.
The Shaykh : Is there a problem with it? Because it is permissible for you to pay the price of a sacrifice that is less than what you give, and the reverse is the reverse regarding others?
The questioner: Correct.
Another questioner : And then, we must also investigate, our Shaykh, regarding the approval of the sacrificial animals?
The Shaykh : That is it, and noting the conditions in them!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If the matter becomes just a job, it is ruined. Look, the imam has become an official employee who does not perform his duty, the mu'adhdhin does not perform his duty, the mosque attendant does not perform his duty, because their concern is money. But the thing in which a person succeeds is if it is pure for the face of Allah!
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The time has come.
The questioner : I mean.
The Shaykh : Do you notice the time?
The questioner : Six minutes.
The Shaykh : Regarding the adhan.
The questioner : Six minutes for the adhan.
The Shaykh : Did you notice the sunset? It is necessary.
The questioner : What time is the sunset?
The questioner : The other: The adhan is at five.
The questioner : At five.
The Shaykh : Now the time has come for you.
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