سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كِتَابُ الْأَضَاحِيChapters on Sacrifices
بَابُ : الأَضَاحِيُّ وَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ أَمْ لاَChapter: Are sacrifices obligatory or not?
Hadith 3124
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْنٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الضَّحَايَا أَوَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ ؟ ، قَالَ : " ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ، وَجَرَتْ بِهِ السُّنَّةُ " ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَبَلَةُ بْنُ سُحَيْمٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً .
Muhammad bin Sirin says: I asked Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): Is sacrifice obligatory? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the sacrifice, and after him the Muslims have done so, and this Sunnah continues.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Some have argued for the obligation of sacrifice (udhiyah) from the statement: “Whoever has the means and does not offer a sacrifice, let him not come near our place of prayer,” meaning, “Whoever possesses financial ability and does not perform the sacrifice, then he should not come near our Eid prayer ground.”
However, this argument is not correct because this narration is not marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), but rather mawquf, i.e., it is the statement of Abu Hurayrah radi Allahu anhu.
Furthermore, there is no explicit mention of obligation (wujub) in it.
This is similar to the hadith in which it is stated that whoever has eaten garlic should not come to our mosque.
Therefore, according to the majority (jumhur), this ruling is only for emphasis on recommendation (istihbab).
Moreover, the other evidences that are used to argue for the obligation of sacrifice are also not explicit.
The correct view is that sacrifice (udhiyah) is a Sunnah.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, “Hajjaj ibn Arta’ah” is a weak (da‘if) and mudallis narrator, and the narration is with ‘an‘anah.
It should be noted that the chain of Sunan Ibn Majah is also weak,
because it contains Isma‘il ibn ‘Ayyash, whose narrations from non-Shami narrators are weak,
and in one chain of this hadith, his shaykh is ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Awn al-Basri,
and in the other chain, Hajjaj ibn Arta’ah al-Kufi is present.)
1:
Some have argued for the obligation of sacrifice (udhiyah) from the statement: “Whoever has the means and does not offer a sacrifice, let him not come near our place of prayer,” meaning, “Whoever possesses financial ability and does not perform the sacrifice, then he should not come near our Eid prayer ground.”
However, this argument is not correct because this narration is not marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), but rather mawquf, i.e., it is the statement of Abu Hurayrah radi Allahu anhu.
Furthermore, there is no explicit mention of obligation (wujub) in it.
This is similar to the hadith in which it is stated that whoever has eaten garlic should not come to our mosque.
Therefore, according to the majority (jumhur), this ruling is only for emphasis on recommendation (istihbab).
Moreover, the other evidences that are used to argue for the obligation of sacrifice are also not explicit.
The correct view is that sacrifice (udhiyah) is a Sunnah.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, “Hajjaj ibn Arta’ah” is a weak (da‘if) and mudallis narrator, and the narration is with ‘an‘anah.
It should be noted that the chain of Sunan Ibn Majah is also weak,
because it contains Isma‘il ibn ‘Ayyash, whose narrations from non-Shami narrators are weak,
and in one chain of this hadith, his shaykh is ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Awn al-Basri,
and in the other chain, Hajjaj ibn Arta’ah al-Kufi is present.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1506
