Hatma' (a sacrificial animal with its front teeth gone: its fitness)

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Hatma', in the lexical sense, is an animal whose front teeth have fallen out from the root. ¹ The jurists differ on whether it is fit for sacrifice: the Hanafis in the sounder view allow it if it grazes and feeds; the Malikis hold that losing one tooth does not harm; the Shafi'is mostly forbid it; the Hanbalis forbid one whose front teeth are gone, and allow it if some remain. ^{1 2}