Is it permissible to slaughter the 'Id sacrifice in a country other than the sacrificer's country, such as the sacrificial projects in Africa?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good for your question. Is it permissible to slaughter the 'Id sacrifice in a country other than the sacrificer's country, such as the sacrificial projects in Africa?
The Shaykh : The 'Id sacrifice is to be performed in the sacrificer's country. This is the Sunnah, the prescribed practice, the best, and the most complete. As for transferring it to another country, if we hold that eating from it is obligatory, then it is not permissible to transfer it to another country unless they guarantee that we will receive from that meat what we are to eat. If we hold that eating from it is not obligatory, then it is permissible, but it is contrary to the Sunnah.
For this reason, we say and repeat to our brothers: do not do this, meaning do not send their sacrifices abroad. Rather, let them sacrifice in their homes and among their families, so that this ritual is manifested and the young learn it from the old. As for sending money to be slaughtered there, where one knows nothing about it, if he wants to benefit his brothers in other countries, he should send them money. The money may be more beneficial to them than the meat. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The 'Id sacrifice is to be performed in the sacrificer's country. This is the Sunnah, the prescribed practice, the best, and the most complete. As for transferring it to another country, if we hold that eating from it is obligatory, then it is not permissible to transfer it to another country unless they guarantee that we will receive from that meat what we are to eat. If we hold that eating from it is not obligatory, then it is permissible, but it is contrary to the Sunnah.
For this reason, we say and repeat to our brothers: do not do this, meaning do not send their sacrifices abroad. Rather, let them sacrifice in their homes and among their families, so that this ritual is manifested and the young learn it from the old. As for sending money to be slaughtered there, where one knows nothing about it, if he wants to benefit his brothers in other countries, he should send them money. The money may be more beneficial to them than the meat. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.