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| Fatwa By : |
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid |
| Language |
English |
| Reference By |
Islam Q&A |
| Addition Date |
14/09/2013 |
| Book |
Majmoo’ Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi’ah li Samahat al-Shaykh al-‘Allamah ‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), vol. 8, p. 324. |
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In the south of Jordan there are mineral waters at a place called the Well of Sulaymaan ibn Dawood. People go there to bathe and for healing, and they bring with them animals to slaughter when they get there. What is the ruling on slaughtering animals like this?
Praise be to Allah.
If the waters have been tried and tested, and they are beneficial in the case of some diseases, then there is nothing wrong with that, because Allah has created some benefits for some sicknesses in some waters. If it is known from experience that these waters ate beneficial for those who are suffering from certain diseases, such as rheumatism, etc., there is nothing wrong with that.
With regard to slaughtering animals, this comes under various categories:
If the animals are slaughtered to meet the people’s need for food, etc., or to feed any guests that come to them, there is nothing wrong with that. If they are slaughtered for any other purpose, such as to draw closer to the water or the jinn or the Prophets, or on the basis of some false belief, then that is not permissible, because Allah says, addressing His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say (O Muhammad): ‘Verily, my Salah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims’” [Al-An’am 6:162-163]
“Verily, We have granted you (O Muhammad) al-Kawthar (a river in Paradise);
Therefor turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice (to Him only)” [Al-Kawthar :1-2]
So animals should be slaughtered only for Allah and sacrifices should be offered only to Allah. The same applies to all other acts of worship – they should be dedicated only to Allah alone. It is not permissible to do any of these things for anything other than Allah, because Allah says (interpretation of the meanings):
“And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him)…” [al-Bayyinah :5]
“So worship Allah (Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allah’s sake only.
Surely, the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for Allah only” [Az-Zumar 39:2-3]
and because of the aayat quoted above and other similar verses. And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah has cursed those who offer sacrifices to anyone other than Allah” (narrated by Muslim in his Sahih, from the hadith of ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him).
So no one is allowed to offer sacrifices to the jinn or to a certain star or planet, or to certain waters, or to a certain Prophet, or to any person, or to idols. Worship is only for Allah, and we should seek to draw closer to Him alone through sacrifices and prayers, and all other kinds of worship, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything)” [Al-Fatihah 1:5]
and because of the verses quoted above (interpretation of the meanings);
“And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him)…” al-Bayyinah :5]
“So worship Allah (Alone) by doing religious deeds sincerely for Allah’s sake only.
Surely, the religion (i.e. the worship and the obedience) is for Allah only” [Az-Zumar 39:2-3]
and other aayat.
Sacrifice is one of the most important and one of the best acts of worship, so it must be done sincerely for Allah Alone, because of the aayat that we have mentioned, and because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, as we quoted above, “Allah has cursed those who offer sacrifices to anyone other than Allah.”
Majmoo’ Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi’ah li Samahat al-Shaykh al-‘Allamah ‘Abdul-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), vol. 8, p. 324.
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