Is it permissible to slaughter birds or a rabbit and give them to the needy when purchasing a new car, due to its frequent breakdowns, given the financial inability to buy a sheep or a goat?
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The custom of some people sacrificing an animal when buying something new, like a car or a house, believing it repels the evil eye or evil, is forbidden and not legislated. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen clarified that this is a pre-Islamic belief. The Permanent Committee also affirmed that this act, if done to appease jinn and ward off unpleasant events, is polytheism (). If you see strange things in your car, do not sacrifice anything. Instead, adhere to reciting the Quran, morning and evening remembrances (adhkar), and supplicating to Allah for protection.
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