How is the animal of a Sadaqa sacrifice to be distributed for health (recovery), and is it designated only for the poor, or is it permissible to give from it to relatives and to eat from it?
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Charity () is legislated and a means of healing. It is permissible to give it in any suitable way. The giver of charity may eat from it and feed his family and relatives from it. It is not obligatory to spend all of it on the poor, unless it was vowed specifically for them.
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