Question: If an animal goes into labor, is its illness considered evident?

The apparent view is that it is not evident, because this is something customary, unless it reaches a dangerous condition—for example, if the birth becomes difficult and there is fear that it may die. In that case, it is treated as an animal with an evident illness.

Question: If an animal has lost consciousness after falling from a height, then, so long as it remains unconscious, it is not valid for sacrifice, because its illness is evident. (1)

His statement, “the animal whose ear or horn is mostly lost”: this is an animal that has lost most of its ear or horn, whether lengthwise or crosswise, and it is not valid for sacrifice. (2) This is because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, “forbade sacrificing an animal with a severely damaged ear or horn.” (3) A prohibition entails invalidity and non-acceptance. Thus, if one sacrifices an animal whose ear or horn is severely damaged, it is not valid.

Some scholars said that it is valid, but disliked. This view is correct, because the authenticity of the hadith is open to question, and the basic principle is that nothing is prohibited unless evidence establishes it. Nevertheless, it is disliked, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded that