—provided that each of them pays the purchase price out of his own funds and that they divide the meat in proportion to their contributions. This arrangement, which Mālik disliked, was nevertheless deemed permissible by most of the scholars of Madinah and elsewhere: if they are seven persons or fewer who share in a camel or a cow, it suffices for them; but if they exceed seven it is not valid for any one of them. In their view, a single sheep counts only for one person.

If a group jointly buy several sacrificial animals and the animals become mixed, then each of them slaughters one, it is lawful for them to reach an agreement, apportion the animals, and for each man to treat as his udḥiyah the sheep that falls to his share. However, if the animals become mixed and each person slaughters someone else’s animal, intending it as his own, this is not acceptable for any of them according to Mālik; each must reimburse the owner for the value of the animal he slaughtered, and each remains obliged to offer another sacrifice should he learn of the mistake during the days of slaughter.