If one owes a fidyah for harm and slaughters a cow, is he permitted to dispose of what exceeds one-seventh of the cow?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. If one owes a fidyah for harm and slaughters a cow, is he permitted to dispose of what exceeds one-seventh of the cow?
The Shaykh : Did he intend the entire cow, or just the one-seventh? I am asking you: did he intend that he only slaughtered the obligatory portion, which is the one-seventh, so that he may dispose of the rest as he wishes? Or did he intend it for the entire obligation, in which case the whole thing becomes a fidyah? Do you understand? The scholars have said: is he rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act for the entire cow, or is he rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act for the one-seventh, and the rest is rewarded as voluntary? Do you understand or not? Do you understand the difference? Good. Some say he is rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act only for what was for the obligatory portion, which is the one-seventh. Others say the ruling of the obligatory act applies to the whole, because the obligatory portion here is not distinguished, unlike one who gives two sa' for zakat al-fitr. If he gives two sa' for zakat al-fitr, he is rewarded for the first sa' as obligatory and the second as voluntary, because it is distinguished. But this is not distinguished; it is shared. The most likely view is to say that Allah's grace is vast: if he intended it for the obligatory act, he is rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act.
The questioner : Is it better for him to intend?
The Shaykh : The reward of the obligatory act. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Is this said regarding the compensation for acts of worship?
The Shaykh : The compensation for hunting?
The questioner : Meaning, if he slaughters something large for something small?
The Shaykh : If it is of the same kind, the compensation for hunting requires similarity. That is, if he slaughters a cow for something else that does not resemble it, it is not sufficient. Do you understand? Some say it is sufficient. For example, if he slaughters seven sheep for an ostrich, is there a hadi (sacrificial animal) in an ostrich? Some said it is sufficient, and some said it is not sufficient because the similarity is lacking. And this is the more cautious view.
The Shaykh : Did he intend the entire cow, or just the one-seventh? I am asking you: did he intend that he only slaughtered the obligatory portion, which is the one-seventh, so that he may dispose of the rest as he wishes? Or did he intend it for the entire obligation, in which case the whole thing becomes a fidyah? Do you understand? The scholars have said: is he rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act for the entire cow, or is he rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act for the one-seventh, and the rest is rewarded as voluntary? Do you understand or not? Do you understand the difference? Good. Some say he is rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act only for what was for the obligatory portion, which is the one-seventh. Others say the ruling of the obligatory act applies to the whole, because the obligatory portion here is not distinguished, unlike one who gives two sa' for zakat al-fitr. If he gives two sa' for zakat al-fitr, he is rewarded for the first sa' as obligatory and the second as voluntary, because it is distinguished. But this is not distinguished; it is shared. The most likely view is to say that Allah's grace is vast: if he intended it for the obligatory act, he is rewarded with the reward of the obligatory act.
The questioner : Is it better for him to intend?
The Shaykh : The reward of the obligatory act. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Is this said regarding the compensation for acts of worship?
The Shaykh : The compensation for hunting?
The questioner : Meaning, if he slaughters something large for something small?
The Shaykh : If it is of the same kind, the compensation for hunting requires similarity. That is, if he slaughters a cow for something else that does not resemble it, it is not sufficient. Do you understand? Some say it is sufficient. For example, if he slaughters seven sheep for an ostrich, is there a hadi (sacrificial animal) in an ostrich? Some said it is sufficient, and some said it is not sufficient because the similarity is lacking. And this is the more cautious view.