Going to a butcher for Qurbani before I pray my Eid Slah
30 تموز 2024
السؤال :
Question
If I am going to pay a butcher/slaughterhouse for Qurbani in my locality and they carry out the Qurbani before I have performed my Eid Salat is this valid? I understand that the Muslim slaughterhouses in my locality perform their Eid salah at the earliest permitted time and I wouldn't have performed my Eid salah until later.
الجواب :
Answer
All praise is due to Allah.
Yes, it is valid because what is understood from this question is that you placed the butcher as an agent to act on your behalf and carry out the Udhiyah. As such, the ruling of the timing is connected to him. If he prays his salāh, he is allowed to slaughter on behalf of himself and also those he is acting on behalf of. It isn't necessary that you have also prayed because in regulating this condition there would be great difficulty especially if we are in different time zones. For example, if I am in England and I placed someone as an agent in Gaza to slaughter on my behalf, they pray 3/4 hours before us. What is important here is that they slaughter based on their timings after they pray. This also applies if the agent is in the same city as you because what we look at is the prayer of the agent.
I will also clarify here once again as mentioned in previous answers, that you must buy the Udhiyah completely even if it is with a debt. So the purchase isn't made after the slaughtering.
So you must buy the meat in advance and also the slaughtering is done for you specifically.
We ask Allah to accept from us all.
And Allah knows best.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the 'Ālamīn.
Transcript of Sheikh AbdulHaqq Turkmāni's answer
29 Dhul-Qa'dah 1445 | 6 June 2024
