Slaughtering to feed guests | Sheikh Salim Al Taweel

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ولذلك لو ذبح للحم، ذبح للضيف، ذبح لنفسه ليأكل، Therefore, if he slaughters for the meat i.e., he slaughters for guests, or for himself to eat it, هذه ليست عبادة يتعبد بها للمذبوح له this is not an act of worship through which one gets closer to the one he slaughtered for. حتى في ناس يلبس هكذا، يقول (السائل): يعني واحد أتاه ضيف وذبح للضيف ذبيحة، أهذا شرك؟!؛ There are some people who raise suspicions this way, he says: if a guest comes to someone, and he slaughters for the guest, is this shirk (polytheism)?! نقول لا ليس بشرك؛ (السائل): فكيف تقول من ذبح لغير الله فقد أشرك؟ We say, no this is not shirk (polytheism). (He says): then how do you say whosoever slaughters for other than Allah has committed shirk? إذا ذبح للضيف يعبد الضيف؟ّ! هل هو يعبد الضيف أم يطعم الضيف؟ هو يطعم الضيف ما يعبد الضيف، If he slaughters for the guest, is he worshipping him? Is he worshiping the guest or feeding him? He is feeding the guest not worshipping him. ذبح ذبيحة للبيت حتى يأكلها مع أهله، هل هو يعبد أهله؟ ما يعبد أهله He slaughters an animal for his household to eat it with his family, is he worshipping his family? No, he is not. لكن الذي يذبح ذبيحة لصنم او لميت او لوثن، يتقرب بها اليه كما يُتقرب بها الى الله، فالمذبوح له عبادة ما يأكل However, for the one who is slaughtering the animal for the idol, the dead, or any false deity, to get closer to him similar to getting closer to Allah, the one slaughtered for as an act of worship mustn’t eat from it. الذي يذبح للولي الميت، أيأكل الولي الذبيحة؟ لا، هل الصنم يأكل؟ The one who slaughters for the dead, wali (saint), does the wali eat the meat? No. Does the idol eat? الله عز وجل يقول عن ابراهيم عليه السلام أنه قال للأصنام: مالكم لا تأكلون؟ (أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ) [الصافات: 91] الاصنام ما تأكل Allah the Exalted says about Ibraheem peace be upon him, that he said to the idols: "Do you not eat?” (As-Saffat:91). The idols don’t eat. ورب العالمين إذا ذبحت له ذبيحة لوجه الله؟ (فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ) [الكوثر:2]، ايضا ما يأكل And the Lord of the worlds, if an animal is slaughtered for Him, for His sake, “So pray to your Lord and offer sacrifice [to Him alone]” (Al-Kawthar:2), also He doesn’t eat.