The meat of a sacrifice should be divided among the partners by weight

Question

Question: Seven people jointly sacrificed one cow, but they did not divide its meat by weighing it; they distributed it by estimation. Is this sacrifice valid or not? If the sacrifice is not valid, should these people sacrifice another cow, or what should they do? Also, did the sin of dividing by estimation fall on all of them or on some — those who distributed it? And how can this sin be forgiven — by repentance and the like, or should some ransom (fidya) be given?

Answer

In this case the sacrifice is valid; however, because the meat was not divided by weight, owing to the possibility of usury (riba), those partners who were content with this division became sinful. If, in the division, the head, the trotters and also the hide were added to someone’s side — for example, some meat and part of the trotters fell into one share, and some meat and…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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