udhhiya Question!!

[Angelzz]

Salaams Everyone,

Please forgive me if this is in the wrong section but i wanted to get your opinion.

First I wanted to confirm that udhhiya is NOT compulsory but strongly reccommended yes?

and Two, what happens if you want to give udhhiya but cannot actually do the slaughtering can you give money instead?

and Three, what if u dont have a muslim family and your a single sister - basically what should I do? Can anyone clarify for me please?

[MinAhlilHadeeth]

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[tresbien]

If what is meant is the udhiyah (sacrifice) or ‘aqeeqah on behalf of a newborn, and it is not possible to carry out Islamic slaughter in the land where you are staying, then it is better for you to send money to someone who can slaughter it on your behalf in another country where there are family members or poor and needy people, because slaughtering the udhiyah or ‘aqeeqah is better than giving the price in charity.

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Doing the ‘aqeeqah is better than giving its price in charity, in our opinion. This is also the view of Ahmad and Ibn al-Mundhir. End quote from al-Majmoo’ (8/414).

It says in Mataalib Ooli al-Nuha: Slaughtering it – the udhiyah or ‘aqeeqah – is better than giving its price in charity. This was stated by Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on him). The same applies to the hadiy, because of the hadeeth: “The son of Adam does not do any deed on the Day of Sacrifice that is dearer to Allaah than shedding blood. It will come on the Day of Resurrection with its horns and cloven hoofs and hair. Its blood is accepted by Allaah before it reaches the ground. So be content when you do it.” Narrated by Ibn Maajah. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) slaughtered the hadiy as did the caliphs after him. If giving the price in charity were better, they would not have failed to do it. End quote. The hadeeth mentioned was classed as da’eef by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah, no. 526.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it permissible to slaughter the sacrifice in the land where one is, or to send a sum of money for that to your own country or to another Muslim country?

He replied:

It is better to offer the sacrifice in your own country if your family are with you. If your family are elsewhere, and they do not have anyone with them who can offer the sacrifice for them, then send money to them to offer the sacrifice there. End quote from Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (24/207)

[tresbien]

Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Slaughtering the sacrifice is better than giving its price in charity, because that was what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and the Muslims with him did. And because the sacrifice is one of the ritual of Islam; if the people turn away from it and give charity instead, that symbol will die out. If giving the price of the sacrifice in charity was better than slaughtering the sacrifice, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have explained that to his ummah in word and deed, because he did not omit to explain anything that was good for the ummah. Indeed, if giving charity was equal to offering the sacrifice he would have explained that too, because it is easier than going to the trouble of offering the sacrifice. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) never failed to point out the easier option to his ummah when it was equal to the more difficult option. There was a famine during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and he said, “Whoever among you offers a sacrifice should not keep any of it in his house for more than three days.”

The following year, they said, “O Messenger of Allaah, should we do what we did last year?” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Eat and feed the poor and store some, for last year the people were having a hard time and I wanted you to help them.” Agreed upon.

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: Sacrifice when prescribed is better than giving its price in charity. He said, Hence even if you give many times more the value of the sacrifice for tamattu’ and qiraan, it will never take its place, and the same applies to udhiyah.

IF U SISTER IS POOR OR CAN NOT AFFORD TO SACRIFIE PLEASE HELP HER
BECAUSE U WILL RECEIVE A DOUBLE REWARD .ONE OF KINSHIP AND ONE OF CHARITY

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[Angelzz]

How can one fnd someone to give money too to do the slaughtering for you though? Does one of the islamic places that take this money - is that appropriate and fulfills the requirement?

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I'm not sure, i can't find anything specific on it but on this fatwa its stated that the actual sacrifice is better than giving in charity:

Slaughtering the sacrifice is better than giving its price in charity
http://www.islamqa.com/index.php?ref=36645&ln=eng


Can you ask anyone at your local masjid?

[tresbien]

SALAM ALAIKUM
U MAY DELEGATE SOME ONE TO SLAUGHTER A SACRIFICE ON YOUR BEHALF.

SEND THEM MONEY TO DO IT IF U ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND A PLACE TO

PERFORM THIS RELIGIOUS RITE. ON THE NET THERE ARE RELIABLE ASSOCIATION THAT DO IT http://www.lifeusa.org/site/PageServ...osu8r8f1.app1b