A point regarding the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So whatever is easy of the sacrificial animals.”

The Shaykh : An interesting point. We used to establish in our awareness sessions that the sacrificial animal must have reached the age considered valid by the Shari'ah. A man from Sudan stood up and raised his hand, so we said, “Please, go ahead.” He said, “A young animal is sufficient, even if it is only one month old.” We asked, “What is the evidence?” He said, “Because Allah said So if you do not have anything easy except a small thing, it is sufficient.” So what do we say? We say that Allah the Exalted said “Al” indicates a mental covenant, meaning the Shari'ah-prescribed sacrificial animal, and the Shari'ah-prescribed sacrificial animal is the one that has reached the age.