Selling a live animal to a sangoma to do rituals
Question
1. Is it permissible to sell a live animal to a sangoma who will use the animal for some haraam ritual or for making sihr?
2. Is it permissible to sell a live animal to a non-Muslim undertaker who will use the animal for some rituals and for feeding?
Answer
1. Since you know that he is going to be using it for a haraam purpose (e.g. for doing sihr on someone), it will not be permissible for you to sell it to him.
2. If you know that he is going to use it for religious rituals, then it will not be permissible for you to sell it to him.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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