Selling a vowed goat and spending its price on the mosque

Question

Question: A person made a vow: “If my illness is cured, I will give a goat to the mosque.” Now this person has recovered. Now he wants to slaughter the goat and serve food to the worshippers of the mosque. Can the rich and the poor share in this meal or not? Or, the other option: can this goat be sold and the money spent on the mosque or not?

Answer

They should sell this goat and spend its money on the needs of the mosque.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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