Is it permissible for a person to sacrifice in his own country and pay the value of a sacrificial animal to be slaughtered in another country?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : Your Eminence, regarding the 'Id sacrifice, is it permissible for one person to sacrifice in his own country and pay the value of another sacrificial animal to be slaughtered in another country, considering it as charity?
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it. That is, a person wants to sacrifice in his own country and give charity to those poor people. There is nothing wrong with that; it is good. It encourages a person to do this, and he obtains two benefits: the benefit of the sacrifice and the benefit of helping his brothers there.
The questioner : He buys a second sacrificial animal.
The Shaykh : No, no, I want him to intend with the money he pays.
The questioner : A sacrificial animal?
The Shaykh : Not a sacrificial animal; he buys food and clothing with it.
The questioner : No, he pays the organizations that undertake the slaughtering of sacrificial animals in poor countries.
The Shaykh : He tells them, "This is not a sacrificial animal." He says, "This is money; buy with it what you need." They may need food, they may need meat, they may need mattresses, they need clothes.
The questioner : The price of a sacrificial animal is 180 or 200 riyals or so for the sacrifice. He gives them this amount so that the sacrifice remains for him!
The Shaykh : No, no, you ask and say: He sacrifices twice, once here and once there.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, he makes it charity. He says: "Pay this for my benefit."
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with it. That is, a person wants to sacrifice in his own country and give charity to those poor people. There is nothing wrong with that; it is good. It encourages a person to do this, and he obtains two benefits: the benefit of the sacrifice and the benefit of helping his brothers there.
The questioner : He buys a second sacrificial animal.
The Shaykh : No, no, I want him to intend with the money he pays.
The questioner : A sacrificial animal?
The Shaykh : Not a sacrificial animal; he buys food and clothing with it.
The questioner : No, he pays the organizations that undertake the slaughtering of sacrificial animals in poor countries.
The Shaykh : He tells them, "This is not a sacrificial animal." He says, "This is money; buy with it what you need." They may need food, they may need meat, they may need mattresses, they need clothes.
The questioner : The price of a sacrificial animal is 180 or 200 riyals or so for the sacrifice. He gives them this amount so that the sacrifice remains for him!
The Shaykh : No, no, you ask and say: He sacrifices twice, once here and once there.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, he makes it charity. He says: "Pay this for my benefit."