Slaughtering A Sheep With Half A Tail
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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