Advices Regarding Qurbani

Main Topic

The virtues of the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah and the importance of maintaining piety (Taqwa) and sincerity (Ikhlas) during Qurbani while avoiding ostentation and extravagance.

Key Lessons

• The first ten days and nights of Dhul Hijjah are immensely blessed; fasting during these days yields immense reward, and worshipping during the nights carries the reward of Laylatul Qadr.
• In auspicious times and sacred places, rewards for righteous deeds are multiplied, but the gravity of committing sins is also multiplied.
• Allah Ta'ala does not evaluate the physical animal, its weight, or its price tag, but looks strictly at the Taqwa and sincerity of the heart.
• People fall into two extremes regarding Qurbani: treating it as a burden by buying the scrawniest animal without personal involvement, or turning it into show business by purchasing excessively expensive trophy animals for bragging rights.
• Documenting Qurbani on social media, timing slaughters for show, and ignoring rules of gender modesty (parda) at slaughter facilities transform a sacred act of worship into ostentation (Riya) and entertainment.

Quranic/Hadith References

• Surah Al-Hajj (22:37): "Lay yanala allaha luhumuha wala dima'uha walaki yanaluhu taqwa minkum" (Neither their flesh nor their blood reaches Allah, but what reaches Him is Taqwa from you).
• Hadith on Dhul Hijjah: Fasting each day carries the reward of a year's fasting, and worshipping each night carries the reward of Laylatul Qadr.
• Sunnah of Nabi Sallallahu alayhi wasallam: He was personally involved in his Qurbani and ate from the sacrificed animal.

Practical Advice

• Make an early intention (niyat) to increase acts of worship during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah through fasting, Tahajjud, Quran recitation, Dhikr, and Durood.
• Abstain strictly from sins, bad thoughts (bad gumani), and backbiting (ghibat), especially during auspicious days.
• Select a healthy animal that meets all basic Shariah requirements without incurring debt, competing with others, or overburdening oneself.
• Keep Qurbani private and strictly between oneself and Allah Ta'ala, avoiding taking photos/videos or posting on social media.
• Maintain proper Islamic modesty (parda) at farms and slaughterhouses, avoiding turning the sacrifice into a public spectacle.