Sacrificing an animal whose horn has broken

Question

A cow was bought for sacrifice, but one of its two horns broke, so that a little less than a third of it remains. Is its sacrifice valid or not?

Answer

It is valid: [ar]ويضحى بالجماء هي التي لا قرن لها خلقة، وكذا العظماء التي ذهب بعض قرنها بالكسر أو غيره، فإن بلغ الكسر إلى المخ لم يجز، قهستاني. وفي البدائع: إن بلغ الكسر إلى المشاش لا يجزئ[/ar] “The jamma’ — one that has no horns by nature — may be sacrificed, and likewise the ‘azma’, one that has lost part of its horn through breaking or otherwise; but if the break reaches…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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