The Qurbani meat and skin of the animal

THE QURBANI MEAT AND SKIN OF THE ANIMAL

  1. It is allowed for a person who performs Qurbani (Waajib or Nafl), to either eat the flesh or to give it to whomsoever he pleases, rich or poor, Muslim or non-Muslim.
  2. It is preferable that the meat be divided into three parts. One part for the home, one part for relatives and friends and one part for the poor and needy.
  3. The meat or skin cannot be given to an employee or to a butcher in payment of his labour. It may be given to them as a gift.
  4. The skin of the Qurbani could be kept for one’s personal use or could be given to anybody else for their personal use. It could be used as a water bag, Musalla, etc.
  5. The Qurbani skin cannot be given in lieu of any type of services. Thus, the skin cannot be given to an Imaam or Mu’azzin in lieu of their services.
  6. If the skin is sold, the amount received for it cannot be used by oneself. It is Waajib to give it away as Sadaqah (charity) to the poor and needy.
  7. It is not permissible for one to eat the meat of the following types of Qurbani:
    a. Qurbani that is made as a Kaffarah for a Jinayat (error) committed during Haj.
    b. Qurbani performed for a deceased person due to his Wasiyyat, i.e. his instruction before his death.
    c. Qurbani performed due to a Nazar (vow) one had made.
    The meat of the above-mentioned types of Qurbani has to be dis-tributed to the poor and needy ONLY.
  8. The meat of Nafl (voluntary) Qurbani, which one had made for the deceased, can be eaten by all, similar to one’s own Qurbani.
  9. If more than one person participates in the Qurbani of an animal that has seven shares and each shareholder requests for his share of the meat, then it is necessary that the meat be distributed equally, by weight. If one person’s share is more than the others, it will not be permissible as this will become interest.
  10. If one person’s share of meat is less than the others, but with the meat, he is given the skin or the head or legs of the animal, it will now be permissible. Great care should be taken in order to distribute the meat EQUALLY.