He says that the time for slaughtering the sacrificial animal, as you have known in past years because I have performed Hajj for more than one year, begins on the day of the festival, and there are some pilgrims who slaughter their sacrificial animals before the day of the festival.

The questioner : He says that the time for slaughtering the sacrificial animal, as you have known in past years because I have performed Hajj for more than one year, begins on the day of the festival, and there are some pilgrims who slaughter their sacrificial animals before the day of the festival, citing the opinion of some scholars. Is that sufficient for them, or do we order them to repeat it? And if it is sufficient for them, we would like to slaughter with them to get rid of the problems of the day of the festival and what follows it?

The Shaykh : It is not permissible for a person to slaughter his sacrificial animal before the Day of Sacrifice. The Day of Sacrifice is the one designated for the slaughter, as well as the three days following it. If slaughtering the sacrificial animal had been permissible before the day of the festival, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have done it when he ordered his Companions who did not have a sacrificial animal to exit the state of ihram from 'Umrah. As for him (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: .

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : If slaughtering before the day of the festival had been permissible, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have slaughtered on that day in order to reassure his Companions in exiting the state of ihram from 'Umrah, and in order for him to exit the state of ihram with them as well, because he said: .
The refusal of the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him) to slaughter his sacrificial animal before the Day of Sacrifice, despite the need for it, is evidence that it is not permissible. Those who issue a ruling to this effect analogize it to fasting for one who does not find a sacrificial animal.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : It is permissible for him to bring forward his fasting before the Day of Sacrifice, but this is not similar to it, because fasting, as Allah the Mighty and Majestic said in it, is , and when he begins 'Umrah, it is as if he has begun Hajj, meaning the one performing tamattu'.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): . For this reason, it is permissible for the one performing tamattu' who does not find a sacrificial animal to fast for three days from the time of his entering the state of ihram for 'Umrah until the last of the days of Tashreeq, excluding the Day of Sacrifice. And on this basis, we say that the analogy here is an analogy against an explicit text, and it is also an analogy with a difference.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So the pillars of the analogy are not complete in it.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So the correct view, without doubt, is that it is not permissible for a person to slaughter his sacrificial animal except on the day of the festival and the three days following it.
And as for the brother's statement that people are in greater need before the day of the festival.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : We say to him: It is possible to slaughter the sacrificial animal in Makkah, either on the day of the festival, or on the eleventh, or on the twelfth, or on the thirteenth, and in Makkah you will find someone to take it and benefit from it.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes.

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