Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (26/304)

Chapter: Hajj Sacrifices, Eid Sacrifices, and Sacrifices for a Newborn

He—may Allah have mercy on him—said:

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Offering an Eid sacrifice, a sacrifice for a newborn, or a Hajj sacrifice is preferable to giving its price in charity. If someone has money with which he wishes to draw closer to Allah, he may use it to offer an Eid sacrifice. Eating from the Eid sacrifice is preferable to giving it away in charity, and offering a Hajj sacrifice in Mecca is preferable to giving charity there.

If someone has bound himself by a vow to offer a sacrificial animal, then purchases one on credit, and it is sold before slaughter, he must replace it with a sheep. If, however, he purchases a sacrificial animal and it develops a defect before slaughter, he should slaughter it according to one of the two scholarly opinions. If it develops a defect during slaughter, it suffices in both cases.

بَابُ الْهَدْيِ وَالْأُضْحِيَّةِ وَالْعَقِيقَةِ قَالَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: فَصْلٌ: وَالْأُضْحِيَّةُ وَالْعَقِيقَةُ وَالْهَدْيُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الصَّدَقَةِ بِثَمَنِ ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مَالٌ يُرِيدُ التَّقَرُّبَ بِهِ إلَى اللَّهِ كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ بِهِ وَالْأَكْلُ مِنْ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الصَّدَقَةِ وَالْهَدْيُ بِمَكَّةَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الصَّدَقَةِ بِهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ نَذَرَ أُضْحِيَّةً فِي ذِمَّتِهِ فَاشْتَرَاهَا فِي الذِّمَّةِ وَبِيعَتْ قَبْلَ الذَّبْحِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ إبْدَالُهَا شَاةً. وَأَمَّا إذَا اشْتَرَى أُضْحِيَّةً فَتَعَيَّبَتْ قَبْلَ الذَّبْحِ ذَبَحَهَا فِي أَحَدِ قَوْلَيْ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَإِنْ تَعَيَّبَتْ عِنْدَ الذَّبْحِ أَجْزَأَ فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ.