Fee for having a goat, cow, etc. covered

Question

Question: Having a she-buffalo or a she-goat covered by a buffalo bull or a he-goat for a fee is haram. But if someone gives chickpeas, grain, grass and the like for the buffalo bull or he-goat to eat, is that permissible or not? The difficulty at present is that in the village, by general custom, the villagers — that is, on behalf of the whole village — used to keep a buffalo bull roaming free, as was the former practice, and it went about the whole village eating grass and the like, and all the villagers…

Answer

If the he-goat’s services are needed, then treat him generously to a good feast.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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