Sacrifices, - It is essential that the sacrificial animal be slaughtered by a Muslim with the intention of offering a sacrifice (udhiyah).

In this part of the country (Vanc. ,Canada) and maybe other ares also,
the farmers deal with us in the following manner. When you go tobuy an
animal, they quote you a per pound rate. This means that after
slaughtering the animal, they weigh it and charge you a certainamount
per pound. This includes the cost of the animal and the fees for using
his premises (for slaughter) and the cutting and wrapping fee. For the
udhiyah is this permissible?
Or is it that the animal must first be purchased and then afterwards
only the fees can be paid. The farmers are not willing to do this as
they are afraid they may lose on the deal if they do it. I do believe
that if people try hard enough they may find those whomaight agree.
However, I am not certain. Nonetheless, the question is, can the
udhiyah be considered correct if the method of purchase mentioned
above is followed?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is a necessary condition of the sacrificethat the animal be
slaughtered by a Muslim with the intention of offering a sacrifice
(udhiyah); it is not sufficient to slaughter it for the meat.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo' (8/380):
The intention is a condition of the sacrificebeing valid.
There is nothing wrong with buying the animal in the manner described
in the question, so long as the worker slaughtersit with the intention
of offering a sacrifice. That is if the worker is a Muslim; otherwise
one of you should slaughter it, then the worker can cut it up.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Sharh
al-Mumti' (7/494):
It is not correct to delegate the slaughter of the udhiyah
(sacrifice)to a kitaabi (i.e., a Jew or a Christian), even though meat
slaughtered by the People of the Book is halaal. Because slaughtering
the sacrifice is an act of worship, it is not correct to delegate it
to a kitaabi, as a kitaabi cannot be involved in acts of worship that
draw the Muslim closer to Allaah, because he is akaafir (disbeliever)
whose worship is not accepted. If his acts of worship are not valid
when done on his own behalf, they cannot be valid when done on behalf
of another. But if a kitaabi is delegated to slaughter regular meat
for eating, there is nothing wrong with that.
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