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The habit of slaughtering livestock at a certain time and place other than the time of Udhiyah and Hady (sacrificial animal offered by pilgrims), and considering it as a Sadaqah is a Bid`ah (innovation in religion) which should be disapproved and abandoned even if it has been the habit of one's fathers and forefathers, as the habits that violate the Shari`ah have to be abandoned. It is not severing of ties of kinship to abandon such habits. In fact, it is a Bid`ah and you have to explain it to the people of your village and to whoever acts like them that their deed is unlawful and it is not permissible to persist in doing it. May Allah reward you with the best.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.