How should the Qurbani meat be distributed?
Question
How should the meat of slaughter on eid ul adha be distributed? should all meat be given to poor, needy people, or can the person keeps maximum meat at home for personal use?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Ideally, the meat of Qurbani (sacrifice) should be divided into three portions, one portion for oneself, the other for relatives and friends, and the third for the poor and needy. However, one may keep all the meat for himself or even distribute all the meat to whomever he wishes.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Arshad Ali
Student Darul Iftaa
Trinidad
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
http://www.daruliftaa.net/
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
1) قوله ( ويؤكل غنيا ويدخر ) لقوله عليه الصلاة والسلام بعد النهي عن الإدخار كلوا وأطعموا وادخروا الحديث رواه الشيخان وأحمد قوله ( وندب إلخ ) قال في البدائع والأفضل أن يتصدق بالثلث ويتخذ الثلث ضيافة لأقربائه وأصدقائه ويدخر الثلث
ويستحب أن يأكل منها لو حبس الكل لنفسه جاز لأن القربة في الإراقة والتصدق باللحم تطوع
قوله ( وندب تركه ) أي ترك التصدق المفهوم من السياق قوله ( لذي عيال ) غير موسع الحال(رد المحتار 532/9)
2) قال رحمه الله ( وندب أن لا ينقص الصدقة من الثلث ) لأن الجهات ثلاثة الإطعام والأكل والادخار لما روينا ولقوله تعالى { وأطعموا القانع والمعتر } الحج 36 أي السائل والمعترض ( ( ( والمتعرض ) ) ) للسؤال فانقسم عليه أثلاثا وهذا في الأضحية الواجبة والسنة سواء. البحر الرائق(8/203 )
3) (ويأكل) المضحي (من لحم الأضحية، ويطعم الأغنياء والفقراء، ويدخر) لقوله صلى اللّه عليه وسلم : (كنت نهيتكم عن أكل لحوم الأضاحي، فكلوا وادخروا) اللباب في شرح الكتاب (ص: 351).
- Answered by
- Arshad Ali
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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