How Do You Distribute Qurbani Meat?

It starts with the existent qurbani (also called udhiya, which is besides spelled udhiyah).

Although udhiya and qurbani are words with antithetic meanings, they’ve travel to beryllium utilized interchangeably for the charitable enactment of giving caller nutrient connected Eid al-Adha. 

The root for udhiya is the aforesaid arsenic the basal for Adha successful Arabic. And qurbani refers to the intentional enactment of bringing oneself person to God. That act, slaughtering livestock successful God’s sanction and distributing its caller nutrient to the underprivileged, is simply a contented from the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace upon him) sunnah.

It besides commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s (peace upon him) willingness to sacrifice his lad Ismail, who the Angel Jibreel (peace upon him) replaced with a ram. Granted, that’s the abbreviated mentation of the story. And the Prophet Abraham’s (peace upon him) story extends acold beyond ritual sacrifice, oregon qurbani.

How overmuch bash you give?

Each idiosyncratic giving qurbani is lone liable for 1 share. The terms of that stock depends connected the benignant of livestock and the portion wherever it’s bought. One goat oregon sheep requires conscionable 1 qurbani share. A cow, connected the different hand, requires 7 shares.

That does not mean an idiosyncratic needs to wage 7 shares to donate a cow. It means 7 radical tin divided the outgo of a cattle for qurbani (udhiya).

In short: 1 goat tin adjacent 1 qurbani, and one-seventh of a cattle tin besides adjacent 1 qurbani.

When should you springiness your qurbani share?

Although collections from Zakat Foundation of America and different Muslim-guided nonprofit organizations statesman earlier Eid al-Adha, the existent sacrifice indispensable beryllium made aft Eid Salah connected the greeting of Eid al-Adha to comply with the sunnah.

It is acceptable to sacrifice earlier the khutbah (sermon) that follows the Eid Salah, but it is preferable to sacrifice aft it.

Let 1 who has offered sacrifice earlier the [Eid] Prayer connection different sacrifice successful its place. And 1 who has not offered sacrifice, fto him bash truthful successful the sanction of Allah” (Muslim).

For those who unrecorded successful an country that offers much than 1 Eid supplication connected Eid al-Adha, it is capable for 1 of these congregations to implicit its Salah to execute one’s sacrifice.

How should qurbani nutrient beryllium given?

For those who are performing qurbani themselves oregon are with the 1 doing it for them, the Prophetic signifier is to disagreement the nutrient of the sacrifice into thirds. One for the giver’s household to eat, 1 for gifts to adjacent and beloved ones, and 1 to springiness successful charity. It is forbidden to merchantability thing of one’s qurbani (udhiya) meat. 

The Prophet, bid upon him, said, “Whoever sells the tegument of his udhiya, determination is nary udhiya for him.” In different words, it does not number arsenic a qurbani sacrifice.

For those who donate their wealth to person qurbani performed successful a antithetic country (especially overseas), determination is nary anticipation to devour from that meat. It is not acceptable to springiness canned oregon frozen meats, oregon meats slaughtered earlier Eid al-Adha.

Zakat Foundation of America delivers fresh, hand-slaughtered qurbani nutrient on Eid al-Adha successful dozens of countries crossed 5 continents.