Ruling on inviting relatives and neighbors to a slaughtered animal with the intention of giving it in charity
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This is a message received by the program from Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad al-Masri, who works in Khamis Mushait in the Kingdom. He says: If a man slaughters an animal intending it as charity, and he prepares and cooks it, and invites his neighbors and relatives to eat from it, even though they are not poor, is this charity permissible or not?
Answer: There is no objection to that; because honoring neighbors and honoring relatives carries great merit. Honoring a neighbor is an act of drawing near to Allah and obedience for which its doer is rewarded, and likewise honoring relatives is maintaining family ties. These are matters of maintaining ties and honoring neighbors, and all of them are acts of drawing near to Allah. So if he slaughters the sacrificial animal and intends by it to draw near to Allahin honoring his family, his neighbors, his relatives, and his friends, this is a good deed, and he will have its reward, provided it was not vowed. But if he vowed to slaughter a sacrificial animal for Allah as a vow, then it is according to his intention. If when he made the vow he intended it for his relatives, neighbors, and family, then it is according to his intention; based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 1, but if when he made the vow he did not intend anything, or if he intended it for the poor, then it is to be distributed to the poor. The sacrificial animal is slaughtered and distributed to the poor. This is what is obligatory.
But if he slaughters a sacrificial animal without a vow, without a vow, but he wishes to slaughter a sacrificial animal as charity to draw near to Allah, intending to gather his neighbors, or some of his neighbors, his relatives, or some of his friends, then all of this is good and carries reward; because honoring a neighbor is a righteous deed, honoring a relative is a righteous deed, and honoring good friends known for their goodness is a righteous deed. So all of this contains good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: There is no objection to that; because honoring neighbors and honoring relatives carries great merit. Honoring a neighbor is an act of drawing near to Allah and obedience for which its doer is rewarded, and likewise honoring relatives is maintaining family ties. These are matters of maintaining ties and honoring neighbors, and all of them are acts of drawing near to Allah. So if he slaughters the sacrificial animal and intends by it to draw near to Allahin honoring his family, his neighbors, his relatives, and his friends, this is a good deed, and he will have its reward, provided it was not vowed. But if he vowed to slaughter a sacrificial animal for Allah as a vow, then it is according to his intention. If when he made the vow he intended it for his relatives, neighbors, and family, then it is according to his intention; based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىBut if he slaughters a sacrificial animal without a vow, without a vow, but he wishes to slaughter a sacrificial animal as charity to draw near to Allah, intending to gather his neighbors, or some of his neighbors, his relatives, or some of his friends, then all of this is good and carries reward; because honoring a neighbor is a righteous deed, honoring a relative is a righteous deed, and honoring good friends known for their goodness is a righteous deed. So all of this contains good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
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