What is the legal ruling concerning the performance of sacrifice with an animal having minor ear defects?
Chapter on Ransom (Fidyah) and Penalty for Hunting
Al-Mughni
Book of Hajj
Primary text
The prohibition against sacrificing an animal exhibiting these specific ear defects (*muqābalah*, *mudābarah*, *kharqā'*, *sharqā'*) is one of detestation (*nahy tanzīh*).