Does every member of a family living in the same house have to sacrifice an animal each if they have nisab amount of wealth?
I live in a four-people family: my brother, me, my mother and my father. My brother works with my father; I work in a different place. My brother is engaged; I am single. We sacrifice only one animal every year in eid al-adha. Is it necessary for us to sacrifice a separate animal each? Or, is it enough to sacrifice one animal for the family?
Dear Brother / Sister,
Every member of the family who is sane and has reached the age of puberty has to sacrifice an animal if he has the necessary conditions.
For whom is it wajib to sacrifice an animal?
The following conditions are necessary for a person for the obligation of sacrificing an animal:
1. To be a Muslim.
2. To be free.
3. To be a resident. Not to be travelling on the days of eid al-adha.
4. To be rich enough to give sadaqah al-fitr. The nisab amount for zakah and sadaqah al-fitr is 80 grams of gold or 561 grams of silver.
5. To be sane and to have reached the age of puberty. The fifth condition is controversial among the imams. According to some imams, it is not necessary to be sane and to have reached the age of puberty for sacrificing an animal to be wajib. It is necessary to sacrifice an animal for rich children and mentally ill people. Their guardians will sacrifice animals for them.
Questions on Islam
- For whom is it wajib to sacrifice an animal? Who sacrifices an animal?
- Does a person who has vowed to sacrifice an animal have to sacrifice it or sacrifice an animal on the day of eid al-adha first?
- Can a person who needs to sacrifice an animal that he has vowed, an animal for thanking and aqiqa (sacrifice for a child's birth) have a share/shares in an animal sacrificed in eid al-adha? Or is it necessary to sacrifice a separate animal?
- Under what conditions does a creditor have to sacrifice an animal in eid al-adha?
- What are the details for performing "Akika and Qurban" (sacrifice)? for whom Akika and Qurban (sacrifice) fard?
- What are the frequent questions related to sacrificing an animal and their answers?
- What are the frequently asked questions about zakat and fitrah and their answers?
- Frequently asked questions about Zakat and their answers
- What should be done with the money of the animal that was not sacrificed? Can an animal that was not sacrificed in time be sacrificed later?
- How many days eid al-fitr and eid al-adha?

