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 رَوَى اِبْنُ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِشْتَرَى كَبْشاً فَهَلَكَ مِنْهُ قَالَ «يَشْتَرِي مَكَانَهُ آخَرَ» قُلْتُ فَإِنِ اِشْتَرَى مَكَانَهُ ثُمَّ وَجَدَ اَلْأَوَّلَ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَا جَمِيعاً قَائِمَيْنِ فَلْيَذْبَحِ اَلْأَوَّلَ وَ لْيَبِعِ اَلْآخَرَ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ ذَبَحَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ ذَبَحَ اَلْآخَرَ فَلْيَذْبَحِ اَلْأَوَّلَ مَعَهُ.
Ibn Muskan narrated from Abu Basir, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who purchased a ram, and it perished. Imam عليه السلام said: "He should purchase another in its place." I said: "What if he purchases another in its place and then finds the first one?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "If both are alive, he should slaughter the first one and sell the other, or if he wishes, he may slaughter it as well. If he has already slaughtered the second one, then he should slaughter the first one along with it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 175