Sacrificing a rooster

Question

If a person does not have the means to buy a cow or a goat and sacrifice it, and for that reason sacrifices a rooster, what is the ruling on this in the Shari‘a?

Answer

This is makruh, because it is the practice of the Magians (Zoroastrians) (‘Alamgiri, vol. 4, p. 105). Since the sacrifice is not wajib upon him, what need is there for this contrivance?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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