Is it permissible to offer as a sacrifice an animal that is six months old—knowing that fattening feeds give it a large size—if the meat of an animal that is slightly more than two years old is difficult to cook?
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Among the conditions for an (sacrificial animal) to be valid is that it must be from livestock (camels, cattle, and sheep/goats), and it must have reached the age stipulated by . Thus, no camel is sufficient unless it has completed five years, no cattle unless it has completed two years, and no goat unless it has completed one year. As for sheep, a (jadha') is sufficient, which is one that has completed six months. Accordingly, sacrificing a cow that is more than two years old is correct, and a cow less than two years old is not sufficient.
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