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Miscellaneous issues

Miscellaneous issues

461. If one slaughtered an animal assuming that it is well-nourished, but then it turned out to be skinny, this is satisfactory and he is not obliged to slaughter another one.
462. It is a recommended precaution for the Haajj (pilgrim) to eat from the slaughtered animal, and offers some of it to a Mu?min (a believer) ? even if he is well off ? or to his agent, and offer some other part of the slaughtered animal to a destitute believer or his agent. The amount of the gift and the charity should be one third of the slaughtered animal, and it is permissible to give [some] as charity to another Haajj (pilgrim) who is not well off.

463. If one could not find the perfect Had?y, but managed to find the imperfect one, he should give preference to it over fasting.  If he could not find the Had?y and its cost, he must revert to fasting, if he is able to [fast].  If he could not find the Had?y only, but could afford its cost, he must deposit the cost with someone to buy the Had?y during Dhil-Hejjah, if he were not to stay until the end of Dhil-Hejjah.  If the agent found a Had?y during the month of Dhil-Hejjah he should slaughter it, otherwise he should delay it until the following year.  If by then he could not find it he should fast.
464. If one could not find the Had?y and could not afford its cost, he should fast ten days; three during Hajj [season], and seven days when he returns home.  It is obligatory to fast the three days during Dhil-Hejjah.   If he could not afford the Had?y, or its cost, or its alternative, i.e. the fast, he is not obliged to anything and nor is his heir / eldest son.
465. If one fasted three days and then found a Had?y during Dhil-Hejjah, then he is not obliged to offer the Had?y, although it is preferential to do so.
466. If one dies before sending a Had?y to Mina [for slaughter], and he was obliged to do so, his heirs must take the cost of the Had?y from what he has left behind to buy a Had?y for this purpose.

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