Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

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What to do with the meat of the sacrificed animal


<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language: HI"><br /> <br /> The Mustahab (Commendable) way is that 3 portions of the meat should be made.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>One part should be distributed among the poor, one among the relatives and one for self.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Giving one portion to the poor is not Wajib (compulsory), but Mustahab.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>As mentioned in Fatawa A&rsquo;alamgiri</span><span style="font-family:Verdana">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI"> Vol. 5, Pg. No. 300</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Distribution of meat when animal is sacrificed on behalf of the deceased</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">People sacrifice animals on behalf of deceased relatives as well.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Those whose parents have passed away, they sacrifice animals on behalf of their deceased parents as well.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>If the sacrifice is done on behalf of the deceased with the intention of gifting the reward to them, even though they had not willed that it should be done, then the way we are ordered to divide the meat into 3 portions, the meat of this sacrifice should also be divided into 3 portions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>One part should be distributed among the poor, one among the relatives and one for self.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The reward will be for the deceased, but the owner will be the person performing the sacrifice on behalf of the deceased.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">If the deceased had willed that animal should be sacrificed on their behalf, then the person performing the sacrifice eat from that meat, but all the meat must be distributed among the poor.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>As mentioned in Radd Ul Muhtaar:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Translation: The person who is sacrificing an animal on behalf of the deceased should give (some) meat in charity and eat himself as well, the way it is done when sacrificing an animal for oneself.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>However, the reward is for the deceased and the ownership is of the person making the sacrifice.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(</span><span style="font-family:Verdana">Durre Mukhtaar, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Vol. 5, Pg. No. 229)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Sadar Shaheed (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The authoritative opinion is if the animal is being sacrificed on the orders of the deceased, then the person performing the sacrifice cannot eat, otherwise he may eat.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Storing the meat of the sacrificed animal</span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">In the early days of Islam, consuming the meat of the sacrificed animal for more than 3 days was not permissible.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Later on, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) granted permission to have it for more than 3 days as well.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">As mentioned in this Hadith of Sahih Bukhari:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:kashida; text-kashida:0%;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family: Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">It is narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Salmah Bin Akwa&rsquo;a (May Allah be well pleased with him), he says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The person who sacrifices an animal should not have anything left from the meat of the sacrifice on the 3<sup>rd</sup> day.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>When the occasion of sacrifice came the next year, the Companions requested:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Should we use the meat in the same manner as we did the last year?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>You have the meat, let others have it and store it up.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Last year, people were in difficulties, that&rsquo;s why I decided that you should help them in the days of sacrifice.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 5569)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p>