Which Animals are not Permissible to Sacrifice during Eid Ul Adha?

Question:

Which animals are not permissible to sacrifice during Eid ul Adha?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The following animals are prohibited for sacrifice during Eid ul Adha:

• Blind, one eyed or has lost one third or more of its eyesight.

• Lost a third of the ear. Similarly, the animal which has no ear from birth.

• Animals whose horn or both horns have been broken off from its root.

• Leg being lame to the extent that it walks on three legs only, and is unable to use the fourth leg.

• Lean and thin that it has no marrow.

• Weak that it cannot walk to the place of slaughtering on its own.

• No teeth or lost most of its teeth.(Shaami Vol .6 pg 323)

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.