Kindly provide us with a list of those animals that are prohibited forsacrifice during Eid-ul-Adhaa.

· 5 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1421 AH1 min readFatwa 2155English
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Kindly provide us with a list of those animals that are prohibited forsacrifice during Eid-ul-Adhaa.

Answer

The following animals are prohibited for sacrifice during Eid-ul-Adhaa: a) Blind, one-eyed or has lost one-third or more of its eyesight. b) Lost a third of the ear. Similarly, the animal which has no ear from its very birth. c) Animals whose one horn or both horns have been broken off from the root. d) Leg being lame to the extent that it walks on three legs only and is unable to use the fourth leg. e) Lean and thin that its bones have no marrow. f) Weak that it cannot walk to the place of slaughtering on its own. g) No teeth or lost most of its teeth. (Shaami vol.6 pg.323; HM Saeed)

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