Qurbani of an animal whose horn has broken off

Qurbani of an animal whose horn has broken off

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

   I want to buy an animal but its horns are broken. We asked the owner about this and he said that one horn had broken off and so he removed the other one from the root too. What do the honourable scholars and Muftis of the Shari’ah say regarding sacrificing such an animal for Qurbani in the case that nothing can be felt on its head nor is there any wound on there? Please guide us.

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

   In the aforementioned case, the Qurbani of this animal is permissible. The breaking of the horn is only considered a defect when it is broken with the root and the wound has not healed. Therefore, if an animal’s horns are broken with the root and the wound has healed, then its Qurbani is permissible because the defect that was a hindrance in the Qurbani being performed has now been removed.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by: Abu Huzayfah Muhammad Shafeeq ‘Attari

Verified by: Mufti Muhammad Qasim ‘Attari