Slaughtering A Sheep With Half A Tail

· 25 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1443 AH1 min readEnglish
Udhiyyah (Qurbani)

Question

Can one slaughter a sheep with a half tail? Will ones qurbani still be fulfilled?

Answer

If more than a third of the tail of a Qurbani animal is cut off, it will not be permissible to slaughter such an animal for Qurbani. If a person looks around, he can find sheep with full tails or those that have less than a third of the tail cut off.

Nonetheless, in the queried scenario, where half of the sheep’s tail has been cut off already, it follows then that such a sheep will not be permissible to utilize for Qurbani.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

Fataawa Rahimiyya pg.48 vol.10

Approved by
Mufti Muhammed Saeed Motara Saheb D.B.
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