Sacrificing one goat on behalf of the whole household

Question

Question: In whose name should the sacrificial animal be slaughtered? If it is slaughtered in the name of anyone at all, living or dead, will the obligation fall away from the members of the household, or should the head of the household perform it in his own name every year? Whatever the case, please be sure to give a reference from the books of hadith.

Answer

The one upon whom the sacrifice is wajib should first perform the sacrifice on his own behalf, and after that, as far as he is able, perform it on behalf of any living or deceased person. To think that sacrificing one goat discharges the wajib of all the members of the household is not correct.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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