an animal
purchafed for
facrifice.
I t is not incumbent
on
the poor or
travellers.
T h e time o f
performing
it.
him in the facrifice, it is lawful.— It is, however, tnoft advifeable
that he affociate with the others at the time of purchafe, in order that
the facrifice may be valid in the opinion of all our d odors; as other-
wife there is a difference of opinion.— It is related, from Haneefa, that
it is abominable to admit others to fhare in a facrifice after purchafing
the animal; for, as the purchafe was made with a view to devotion,,
the fale of it is thctefore an abomination.
Sa cr if ic e is not incumbent on either-a poor man or a traveller?
for A l’oo Bickir and Omar Farook did not offer the facrifice of the Eed
during their travels; and it is, moreover, related that Alee faid,
neither the prayers o f Friday^ nor the JiicriJice o f the E ed are incum-
“ bent on travellers”
T he time of the offering is.on the morning of the day-of the fefli-
v a l; but it is not lawful for the inhabitants of a city to begin the facrifice
until their priefl fhall have finiflied the.occafional prayers.. V illagers,
however, may begin after break of day. The place, in faf.l',
nnift regulate the time. Thus, where the place of celebration is in
the, country, and the performers of it refide in the city,, it is lawful to
begin in the morning,:, but if otherwife, it muff be deferred until the
prayers be ended.
If the-victim, be flain afterrtha.prayers.ofi the; mofque, and prior to
ffiofe offeredyat;the plaqe q£ faprifige, it is lawful-;, as is, lihewife the
revierfetof t;his.
Sa .CRJEIGE; ia lawful during three daySj^thatis, on the-day o f
the.feftival, and ou. the two eniuing, days.— Shafei is of opinion, that'
it is lawful oh the three enfuing days. T h e facrificetof the day-of the
feftiyai is, however, far fuperior to any of the others. It is alfo lawful
ito;,facrifice on,the.nighte. o f tfeofe days,, although; it: be confi'dered
as .abominable,— Moreover,, the offering of- facrifiees.. on thefe days ds=
6 more
more laudable than the ctiftom of omitting them, and afterwards bellowing
an adequate fum upon the poor.
If a perfon negleft the performance of the facrifice during the
ftated days, and have previoufty determined: upon the offering of any
particular goat, for inffance ; or, being poor, have purchafed a goat
for that p u r p o f e i n either of thefe cafes it is incumbent on him to
beftow it alive in charity. But, if he be rich, it is-in that cafe incumbent
on him to beftow, in charity, a fum adequate to the price,
whether he have purchafed a goat with an intent to- facrifice it,
or not.
I t is not lawful to. facrifice animals that' are blemifhed,— fueh as
thofe that are blind, or lame, or fo lean as to have no- marrow in their
bones, or having a, great part of their ears or tail cut-off. Such, however,
a-s have a great part of their ears or tail remaining may lawfully ’
be facrificed.— Concerning the; determination of a great part of any
member, there are indeed various opinions reported from Haneefa.— -
In fome animals he has determined it to be the third ; in others more
than the third; and in others, again, only the fourth.-— In the opinion
of the two difciples,. i f more than the half ftiould remain, the facrifice
is valid; and this opinion has been adopted by the learned Aboo Lays.
If- an animal have loft the third of its tail, or the third of its ear,
or eye-fight, it may be lawfully facrificed but if, in either of thefe
cafes, it ftiould have loft more than a third, the offering of it is not
lawful.— The rule which our doctors have laid down to difeover in
what degree the-eye-fight is1 impaired, is as fellows. T h e animal
muff firft be deprived of its food for a day or tw o , that it may be
rendered hungry; and having then covered the eye that is impaired,
food muft be gradually brought towards it, from a diftance, until it
indicate, by fome emotion, that it has- difeovered it.— Having marked
the particular fpot .at which it oblcrved the food, and uncovered the
weak
I f the facrifice
be delayed
beyond
the proper
time, the victim
muft be
be flowed in
charity.
The facrifice
o f a blemifioed
animal is not
admitted:
but a trifling
blemifh does
not render it
exceptionable.