Reports on a man who dedicates his wealth or his slave as an offering

Hubayrah said: There was a woman among us who dedicated her house as an offering (hady), so Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) ordered her to give its price as an offering.

Ata was asked about a man who dedicates his house as an offering to the House of Allah. He said: He should sell it and send its price to Makkah, or go himself and give it in charity in Makkah, or buy animals for slaughter with it, slaughter them in Makkah and give them away in charity.

Ibrahim said: If a man says of his slave, "He is an offering (hady)," he said: His value is to be given as an offering.

Ali bin Atiq said concerning a man who dedicates his male and female slave as an offering: Al-Sha'bi said: He gives their value as an offering. And Ata said: He gives a ram as an offering.

Hajjaj said: I asked Ata about a man who says, "He dedicates his slave as an offering." He said: He gives a ram as an offering in his place.

Al-Hasan said: If a man vows to give his house as an offering, he must give the expiation of an oath.

Tariq bin Abi Murrah said: I swore to my wife concerning a slave-girl of hers that if I had intercourse with her, she would be an offering to the House of Allah. Then I had intercourse with her. Then I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr, and he said: Buy sacrificial camels with her price, then slaughter them.

Al-Hakam said concerning a man who dedicates a house as an offering: Its value is to be given as an offering.

Ikrimah said: When it is said of something, "It is an offering (hady) due upon him," then it is the expiation of an oath; it is from the promptings of Satan.

Ibrahim said: If a man says, "He dedicates one of the pillars of the mosque as an offering," he gives its value or price as an offering; and if he cannot find it, he gives whatever his wealth reaches as an offering and offers the expiation for his oath.

Ibrahim used to like that when a man dedicates something as an offering (hady), he should carry it through (fulfil it).

Muhammad bin Qays said: I said to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib: "I have sworn that if I speak to this companion of mine, I will walk with this cloak of mine until I take it to the Ka'bah." He said: "Do you regret it?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Go and wear your garment; the Ka'bah has no need of you or of your garment. And say: Sa'id ordered me." Then I went to al-Qasim bin Muhammad, and he said the same as Sa'id had said. When I left him, his messenger caught up with me and asked: "Do you have a dirham?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Give it in charity, and say: Al-Qasim ordered me to."

Ibrahim said, regarding a man who says: "I give as an offering the Euphrates and all that it waters": He gives as an offering what he owns.

Ata said: It is the expiation of an oath.