One who says: I owe a sacrificial offering

It is narrated from Sallam bin Miskin that Jabir bin Zayd and al-Hasan were asked about a woman who had made it binding upon herself to send a hady (sacrificial animal). Jabir bin Zayd said: If she is well-off, she should send a cow, and if she is poor, a sheep.

And al-Hasan said: It is the expiation for an oath; she should fast three days.

Al-Hasan said: If a person says, 'I owe a hady' or 'I owe a vow,' then it is an oath.

Ikrimah said: If a person swears by a vow or a hady, this is one of the footsteps of Satan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that if a person says, 'A sacrificial animal (hady) is due on me,' then he should not send anything less than a goat.

Al-Hakam and Hammad said: When a person says, 'Sending a hady is due on me,' and does not name anything, then it is an oath.

Al-Dahhak said: When a person says, 'Sending a hady is binding on me,' and does not name it, then let him send whatever hady he wishes, even if it is only a ball of spun yarn.