One person intending several kinds of devotion in a single animal, with the reply of Ashraf al-Madaris, Karachi

Question

Question: You have written that if one person slaughters a whole cow as a sacrifice, it will count as only one sacrifice for him; therefore one person cannot, in one cow, intend together with the wajib sacrifice an aqiqa and a voluntary (nafl) sacrifice to convey reward to the deceased (isal al-thawab).

Answer

Answer (1) — Ashraf al-Madaris, Karachi (Rashid Ahmad) From Ashraf al-Madaris, Karachi. In the name of the Inspirer of what is right, praising and invoking blessings (hamidan wa musalliyan). Multiplicity is the view of some, and it is weak (marjuh); indeed it is impugned (majruh)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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