Buying the sacrifice and delegating its slaughter by phone

A question about buying the sacrifice and delegating its slaughter by phone, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that it is better for the sacrificer to slaughter it himself or be present, but there is no objection to appointing a butcher to buy and slaughter it, provided he designates it and buys it for the sacrificer before slaughter. ¹

The questioner asked about buying sacrificial animals and appointing someone to slaughter them by phone. ¹

The Department answered that it is better for the sacrificer to slaughter his animal with his own hand, following the Sunna, or to attend the slaughter if possible. ¹ It said there is no objection to appointing the butcher to buy an animal for him and slaughter it on his behalf, whether the animal belongs to the butcher or, according to the Hanbalis, the butcher is an agent for selling it, provided the butcher designates the animal and buys it for the sacrificer before slaughtering it. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4393, dated 1 April 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.