Sacrificing an animal whose horn is half broken

Question

A cow one of whose horns is intact while the other is half broken — is this cow permissible for sacrifice or not?

Answer

Because one horn is half broken, the sacrifice of this cow will not become impermissible according to the Shari‘a: [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[/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…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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