The three shares of Qurbani and What if no muslim needy found for his share?
Case 15:
The Qurbani animal should be shared into three portions; one portion for your personal use, one portion for friends and relatives, and one portion for the needy.
Now, if the needy are not from amongst the Muslims, then what should be done with that share?
If a person performed Qurbani, but did not make three shares, but consumed all of it in his home, will the Qurbani be valid?
The Ruling:
To make three shares is simply an action which is recommended (desired), and is not something which is necessary.
One may either use all of it for himself, or give all of it to his friends and relatives, or he may distribute all of it to the needy. If one cannot find any (needy) Muslims here, then it should not be given (in actuality) to any kaafir. These unbelievers are not Zimmi, so to give them Qurbani or any other Sadaqa (charity) does not really afford one any Thawaab (reward).
It is mentioned in Durr e Mukhtar,
اما الحري ولومستامنا فجميع الصدقات لا تجوز له اتفاقا، بحى عن الغاية وغيرها
‘Regarding that kaafir who is not a Zimmi, even though he has taken refuge and come to the Darul Islam, it is the consensus of the A-imma, that it is not permissible to give him any kind of Sadaqa or Khayraat (charity). This has been mentioned in Bahrur Raa’iq from Al Ghaaya Sharh Al Hidaya etc.’
It is in Bahrur Raa’iq from Me’rajud Diraya Sharh Hidaya,
صلته لا تكون براشر عاولذا لم يجز لتطوع اليه فلم يقع قربة
‘To give anything to a non-Zimmi kaafir holds no virtue. Hence to give him Nafil Khayraat is also disallowed, so there is no reward in this.’
References
Fatawa Africa, Case 15, Imam Ahmad Rida Khan Qadri, published by Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center.
[Translation]
Mufti Afthab Cassim Qadri Ridawi Noori,
Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center,
Durban, South Africa.