QUR’BAANI MASAA-IL

QUR’BAANI MASAA-IL
1. The Qur’baani animals of a few people were kept together. When sacrificing the animals some persons mistakenly slaughtered animals which did not belong to them. Zaid slaughtered Amr’s sheep and vice versa. Is their Qur’baani valid? The Qur’baani in this case is valid regardless of the mix-up.
2. It is better to make Sadqah of the skin of the Qur’baani animal. It is also permissible to keep the skin for one’s own use. However, if the skin is sold, then it is Waajib to contribute the money to Sadqah. It is not permissible to use the money of one’s own Qur’baani animal’s skin for oneself.
3. If someone had failed to make Qur’baani, and the Days of Qur’baani expire, he should incumbently give the amount of a sheep/goat in Sadqah. In addition he has to repent for the major sin he had committed.
4. It is permissible to give of the Qur’baani meat to non-Muslims (according to the Hanafis).
5. The wool/hair of the animals should not be shorn prior to sacrificing the animals. If it was cut, it is then incumbent to give it in Sadqah or sell it and give the money in Sadqah.
6. After slaughtering a cow, a live calf was extracted from it. The calf should also be sacrificed.
7. It is permissible to include Aqeeqah in a Qur’baani animal of seven shares (cow, camel, buffalo).
8. It is permissible to can Qur’baani meat in tins for future distribution to the poor.
9. It is prohibited to slaughter one animal in front of another animal.
10. It is not permissible to sacrifice animals whose tails have been cut off.
11. The minimum age of sacrificial oxen is two years. A cow/bull less than two years may not be sacrificed.
12. The Days of Qur’baani are three (10th, 11th, and 12th), not four. The 13th Zil Hajj although one of the days of Tashreek, is not a day of Qur’baani.
13. If mistakenly an animal of one person was sacrificed in the name of another person, the Qur’baani is valid and the person whose animal it is has the right to claim the meat. The one in whose name it was slaughtered does not have any right to the meat.
14. In a place where Eid Salaat is valid (city or town), Qur’baani may commence only after the Eid Khutbah. It is not permissible to begin the slaughtering before the Khutbah.