Their third question: People say they have become self-sufficient with cars and have abandoned the animals. Do they sin by abandoning them, or are they obligated to feed them?
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The questioner : Their third question: People say they have become self-sufficient with cars and have abandoned the animals. Do they sin by abandoning them, or are they obligated to feed them?
The Shaykh : They are not obligated to feed them unless the animal is owned by a person.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, he is compelled either to feed it, sell it, slaughter it, or rent it out. The important thing is that if he is responsible for it, it is obligatory for him to provide for it; otherwise, he owes nothing in that regard. Yes.
The questioner : From 'Abd al-Ghafar Muhyi al-Din, the Arab Republic of Egypt. We received this letter, which praises [the scholars] highly, and after the greeting, it asks: What is the ruling on one who neglects one of the pillars of Hajj, and what are its pillars? May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : And based on our previous statement before answering the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If a person intends to release the beast from which he has become self-sufficient, there is no blame on him for that, because of the hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) in the part where he was exhausted, where he said: "So I intended to release it". This indicates the permissibility of releasing an animal if there is no benefit or utility in it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He leaves it to graze until Allah decrees for it what He decrees.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, the owner of the cat about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 4256Sahih (Darussalam) This indicates that if she had released it to eat from the creatures of the earth, she would have been free from her responsibility. Similarly, if people become self-sufficient with these animals and release them in the wild to graze and eat, there is nothing wrong with that for them, unless they release them in places that harm people, such as releasing them among the farms where they would harm the Muslims. In that case, it is not permissible for them.
The questioner : But here there is a caveat other than the one mentioned, which is the roads. Now, for example, the country is extended with roads for cars, and travelers are exposed to these animals, and terrible accidents occur?
The Shaykh : Indeed, what you said is correct. So, if they intend to release them, they should not be around these lines.
The questioner : They cannot take care of them, but rather...
The Shaykh : No, they do not take care of them, but they ... with them so that they do not ... near them. Otherwise, it is known that even if they moved them a great distance away...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So they are not restricted.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They may come to the sides of the road.
The Shaykh : They are not obligated to feed them unless the animal is owned by a person.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, he is compelled either to feed it, sell it, slaughter it, or rent it out. The important thing is that if he is responsible for it, it is obligatory for him to provide for it; otherwise, he owes nothing in that regard. Yes.
The questioner : From 'Abd al-Ghafar Muhyi al-Din, the Arab Republic of Egypt. We received this letter, which praises [the scholars] highly, and after the greeting, it asks: What is the ruling on one who neglects one of the pillars of Hajj, and what are its pillars? May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : And based on our previous statement before answering the question.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If a person intends to release the beast from which he has become self-sufficient, there is no blame on him for that, because of the hadith of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) in the part where he was exhausted, where he said: "So I intended to release it". This indicates the permissibility of releasing an animal if there is no benefit or utility in it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He leaves it to graze until Allah decrees for it what He decrees.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, the owner of the cat about whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she tied up and did not feed, or let it loose to eat of the vermin of the earth
عذبت امرأة في هرة لها حبستها لا هي أطعمتها ولا هي أرسلتها تأكل من خشاش الأرضThe questioner : But here there is a caveat other than the one mentioned, which is the roads. Now, for example, the country is extended with roads for cars, and travelers are exposed to these animals, and terrible accidents occur?
The Shaykh : Indeed, what you said is correct. So, if they intend to release them, they should not be around these lines.
The questioner : They cannot take care of them, but rather...
The Shaykh : No, they do not take care of them, but they ... with them so that they do not ... near them. Otherwise, it is known that even if they moved them a great distance away...
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So they are not restricted.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They may come to the sides of the road.