A horse that suffered a cut in its leg, and a doctor was brought to treat it, who said it must be given poison because it cannot survive

The questioner : We wanted to ask him a question, if you please?

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : There was a horse in the farm, and I work as a trainer in the farm. The horse was running and stepped in a hole, and its tendon broke, so a piece was severed from the back. We brought three doctors, the best three doctors in Amman, and there was no cure or treatment. The doctors went looking for poison for it, but they didn't find any; it was the night of the festival.

The Shaykh : What were they looking for?

The questioner : For poison to kill it, because the horse was of no use.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Ah, so one of them shot it.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : What is its ruling and what is its expiation, if you please?

The Shaykh : Expiation for what?

The questioner : Expiation for killing the horse, he shot it, right?
The student : They didn't slaughter it!

The Shaykh : The one who shot it, my brother.

The questioner: Huh?

The Shaykh : In the presence of its owner or behind his back?

The questioner : No, behind his back.

The Shaykh : Why did he shoot it?

The questioner : Because the horse, I mean, was not going to live.

The Shaykh : And if it was not going to live!!

The questioner : He wanted to get rid of it, I mean, to drain its blood, and so on!

The Shaykh : My brother, since this is not his property, how can he dispose of it?

The questioner : He works in the farm, he works in the farm, and he is the one responsible for the farm. So when the doctor came, the doctor told him this horse is of no use, you must get poison for it and kill it.

The Shaykh : Okay, and where was the owner of the horse?

The questioner : The owner of the horse was at his house in Amman, and the farm area is in Zaygha, and it was not possible to contact him because it was the night of the festival, and we didn't find him in any place.

The Shaykh : Yes, this means he was a beast to be killed like a rabid dog; there was no room for waiting to contact the owner of the horse and ask him, what do you want us to do with this? This could have been slaughtered and its meat eaten. How did this happen? This is a story that doesn't even enter my mind so that I can give you an answer! He shot it, so if he shot it, he has to guarantee its value if it was without the permission of its owner.

The questioner : Ah, and then the owner found out, the owner found out later, I mean.

The Shaykh : He found out, and what did he do after that?

The questioner : Nothing, I mean, the matter was normal, I mean.

The Shaykh : Yes, and you who are asking, what is your relationship to the horse?

The questioner : Hmm.

The Shaykh : You who are asking, what is your relationship to the horse?

The questioner : I am a trainer in the same farm.

The Shaykh : Okay, why doesn't the owner of the farm call me and ask me?

The questioner : I am the one asking because I am the one who shot the horse!

The Shaykh : Hmm.

The questioner : So I want my expiation regarding Allah, I mean, not for the owner of the farm or for anything, I mean?

The Shaykh : Then you and the owner of the farm should call, we will hear from him after we have heard from you, then we can give you the answer!

The questioner : And if the owner of the farm is a Christian and it is not possible for him to call you?

The Shaykh : And I am afraid you will tell me he died, I am afraid you will tell me again, and if the owner of the farm died!!

The questioner : No, no.

The Shaykh : Yes, I am telling you, let the owner of the farm call me.

The questioner : Thank you.

The Shaykh : You are welcome.