Q: 9 – Title: Is Qurbani necessary for each individual or each family?

Question

I would like to know about Qurbani?  We are five in a family and all of us work and earn good money. Do we have to do five indiviual Qurbani or just one we all stay in the same house.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullahi wa-barakatuh.

Kindly refer to the attached Fatwaa answered by Moulana Abdul Hannan Nizami.

Qurbani is wajib upon every muslim who is a muqeem and possesses wealth which is more or equivalent to the nisab of Zakah on the days of 11^th 12^th and 13^th of Zilhijjah. Qurbani of one animal will not suffice on behalf of the entire family. The present nisab amount is $673.60 or R5825.69

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Abdul Azim bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.

Checked and Concurred by,
Moulana Ismail Desai.