Sacrifice on behalf of another without consent

Question

Question: Where there is a joint business, joint income and joint expenses, the obligatory sacrifice and zakat are discharged as follows: after checking the accounts the joint zakat is paid; and the sacrifice is done this way: one member of the family calculates the shares of the sacrifice and jointly buys oxen, goats and the like for the sacrifice, with the consent of the shareholders to their purchase.

Answer

Since this is done with the permission and consent of all the partners, the zakat and the sacrifice are all valid. The meaning of the quoted passage of “Bihishti Zewar” is that if a person offers a sacrifice on someone’s behalf without his instruction, the wajib is not discharged from him; and if he puts in a share on his behalf in some sacrifice on the basis that he will give…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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