QURBAANI (10)
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LAWS OF SACRIFICE (Mas'ala 21 - 30)

MAS'ALA 21
The meat of the animal shared by partners should be distributed by weight and not by estimation.

MAS'ALA 22
Preferably the sacrificial meat should be divided into three parts. One part should be kept for the family, one for relatives and friends, and one for the poor and needy. One who has a large family may keep all the meat.

MAS'ALA 23
It is Haraam to sell the sarificial meat.

MAS'ALA 24
The slaughterer or skinner or cleaner cannot be given the skin or meat in payment. A separate payment must be given to them.

MAS'ALA 25
The skin of the sacrificial animal may be kept for personal use, such as tanning the skin for using it as a musallah (prayer mat,) a water bag, or something else. If it is sold, that money received cannot be used; it is waajib to give it away in sadaqah. A skin of the sacrificed animal cannot be sold without the intention of sadaqah.

MAS'ALA 26
The sacrificial skin cannot be given as payment for any services. An Imaam or Muazzin cannot be given this for their services. Neither should the skin be used for the Masjid.

MAS'ALA 27
Sacrifice can be made on behalf of Rasulullah (Sallallahu-Alayhi- Wasallam), the Sahabah, and on behalf of one's relatives and friends who have passed away. Sacrifice is permissible on behalf of any Muslim who has died.

MAS'ALA 28
Waajib sacrifice on behalf of a living person is not valid without the permission of the person concerned.

MAS'ALA 29
If a person wishes to sacrifice voluntarily so that the reward goes to a deceased person, then the meat of the sacrificed animal may be consumed by oneself, given to the poor or fed to others.

MAS'ALA 30
If a person sacrifices on behalf of a person who is not present and without his poor permission, then the sacrifice is not correct. If seven people are sharing an animal and one part of the share is given to a person without his permission, then the sacrifice of the other shareholders will also be incorrect. NOTE: This applies when the person not present will have to pay for his share.

Source:  Jamiatul Ulama (Kwazulu-Natal)