Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable

Al-Nu'man bin Malik said: I performed Hajj al-Tamattu', then I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said to him: "I have performed Hajj al-Tamattu'." He said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable". I said: "A goat?" He said: "Yes, a goat."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" (whatever hadi is available) [Al-Baqarah: 196] means a goat.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the words of Allah, "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable", include everything from the cheap animal to the expensive one.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" means anything between the cheap and the expensive.

Ibrahim said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" means a goat.

Al-Zuhri was asked what is meant by "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable". He said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "Camels and cattle are meant."

And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "Of the sheep and goats (a goat is meant)."

Alqamah said: It means a goat.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When a person combines Hajj and Umrah (Hajj al-Qiran), he owes a camel. It was said to him: "Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say a goat." Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Fasting is dearer to me than a goat."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the hadi should be from camels and cattle.

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The hadi should be a large-bellied animal from cattle or camels.

The father of Ibn Tawus said: A camel and a cow may also be what is easily obtainable (for the hadi).

Abu Ja'far said: It means a goat.

Al-Bakhtari bin al-Mukhtar said: I heard Ata say: "A goat."

Al-Sha'bi said: A goat suffices in Hajj al-Tamattu'.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" means a goat.

Wabarah bin Abd al-Rahman said: I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said to him: "I owe a hadi; which animal do you order me to offer?" He said: "It should be from cattle; otherwise, fasting three days, and seven when you return to your family. And this fasting is dearer to me than a goat."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" means a goat.

In the view of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" is only from camels or cattle.

And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say: "Whatever sacrificial animal is easily obtainable" means a goat.