Chapter on Sacrificial Animals That Become Injured or Perish Before Reaching Their Designated Place and What is Permitted to Eat From Them
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 137
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 137
Chapter on Sacrificial Animals That Become Injured or Perish Before Reaching Their Designated Place and What is Permitted to Eat From Them
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلٌ سَاقَ اَلْهَدْيَ فَعَطِبَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى مَنْ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ هَدْيٌ فَقَالَ «يَنْحَرُهُ وَ يَكْتُبُ كِتَاباً يَضَعُهُ عَلَيْهِ لِيَعْلَمَ مَنْ مَرَّ بِهِ أَنَّهُ صَدَقَةٌ».
It is narrated from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari, who said: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, "A man brought a hady (sacrificial animal), and it perished in a place where he could not find anyone to give it in charity, nor would anyone know that it is a hady." Imam عليه السلام replied: "He should slaughter it and place a written note on it so that whoever passes by it knows that it is charity."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 174