YOU IS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT ONE ANIMAL FOR ONE FAMILY TO BE SACRIFICED
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I WOULD APPRETIATE IF YOU COULD GIVE THE ANSWER IMMEDIATELY.
MY
QUESTION TO YOU IS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT ONE ANIMAL FOR
ONE FAMILY TO BE SACRIFICED.I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE,THAT IS MY HUSBAND, ME, HIS
WIFE AND OUR TWO CHILDREN ARE ONE FAMILY SO FOR US ONE ANIMAL.SO THE FAMILY IN
INDIA THAT IS MY HUSBANDS PARENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ONE ANIMAL OR THEY HAVE
TO GIVE IT SEPERATLY IN INDIA FOR THEMSELVES. I WOULD VERY OBLIGED IF YOU COULD
TREAT THIS QUESTION ON URGENT BASIS.
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Answer:
How many sacrifice
qurbani per family
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT
ONE ANIMAL FOR ONE FAMILY TO BE SACRIFICED.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 5.110a
One may sacrifice any animal one chooses. The
Prophet (saws) offered a hundred camels as a supererogatory sacrifice. The
minimum number of animals a person is obligated to sacrifice is one sheep, or
one-seventh portion of a camel or a cow (by sharing one-seventh of their
price). A camel or a cow may be sacrificed on behalf of seven people. Jabir reported: "We performed Hajj with
the Prophet (saws), and we slaughtered a camel for seven persons, and a cow for
seven persons."
Related by Ahmad and Muslim.
For the believers who are performing the Hajj pilgrimage, it
is absolutely obligatory that the obligatory rite of sacrifice should be
offered for each individual performing the pilgrimage. The absolute minimum sacrifice one performing
the Hajj should offer is a sheep, or one-seventh of a cow or camel. If one wishes to offer more sacrifice than
the stipulated minimum, there is absolutely no harm.
For the believers who are not performing the Hajj,
offering a sacrifice on the Day of Adha is not obligatory, but rather a
preferred Sunnah. If for any reason one
who is not on the Hajj pilgrimage wishes not to offer the sacrifice on the Day
of Adha, there is no sin upon him; the absolute maximum one may say is that the
person who chose not to offer a sacrifice missed a great opportunity to earn
huge rewards from Allah Subhanah.
For the believers who are not on the Hajj pilgrimage,
there is absolutely no maximum or minimum number of sacrifice prescribed in
Shariah; if one wishes one may offer one sheep or a100 camels for each
individual in the family, or if one wishes one may offer only one sacrifice for
the whole family.
Your
Question: I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE,THAT IS MY HUSBAND, ME, HIS WIFE AND OUR TWO
CHILDREN ARE ONE FAMILY SO FOR US ONE ANIMAL.SO THE FAMILY IN INDIA THAT IS MY
HUSBANDS PARENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ONE ANIMAL OR THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT
SEPERATLY IN INDIA FOR THEMSELVES. I WOULD VERY OBLIGED IF YOU COULD TREAT THIS
QUESTION ON URGENT BASIS.
If the Lord Most High
has provided your husband with abundance, and if your husband wills and pleases
to offer one animal as sacrifice for each individual in his family, he may do
so and earn his rewards from the Lord Most Generous.
If your husband wills and pleases to offer only one animal
as sacrifice for the whole family including his parents, he may very well do
so. Or if your husband wills and pleases
to offer one animal for his immediate family, and one animal for his parents in
There is absolutely no maximum or minimum number of
sacrifice stipulated in Shariah for the believers who are not on the Hajj
pilgrimage; one may offer as many animals as sacrifice as they wish, or only
one for the whole family if they so please.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verses 36-37:
36 The sacrificial camels we have made for you as among the Symbols
from Allah: in them is (much) good for you: then pronounce the name of Allah
over them as they line up (for sacrifice): when they are down on their sides
(after slaughter) eat ye thereof, and feed such as (beg not but) live in
contentment, and such as beg with due humility: thus have we made animals
subject to you that ye may be grateful.
37 It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah: it is your
piety that reaches Him: He has thus made them subject
to you that ye may glorify Allah for His guidance to you: and proclaim the Good
News to all who do right.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister