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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الضحايا
Book of Sacrifices
باب: الأضحية سنة نحب لزومها ونكره تركها
Chapter: Sacrifice is a Sunnah which we love to keep and dislike to abandon
Bayhaqi 19027 — Sacrifice is a Sunnah which we love to keep
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ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أَنْبَأَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: فَاحْتُمِلَ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعُودَ لِضَحِيَّةٍ أَنَّ الضَّحِيَّةَ وَاجِبَةٌ، وَاحْتَمَلَ أَمْرُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعُودَ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ؛ لَأَنَّ الضَّحِيَّةَ قَبْلَ الْوَقْتِ لَيْسَتْ بِضَحِيَّةٍ تُجْزِيهِ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ عِدَادِ مَنْ ضَحَّى فَوَجَدْنَا الدَّلَالَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ الضَّحِيَّةَ لَيْسَتْ بِوَاجِبَةٍ لَا يَحِلُّ تَرْكُهَا وَهِيَ سُنَّةٌ نُحِبُّ لُزُومَهَا وَنَكْرَهُ تَرْكَهَا لَا عَلَى إِيجَابِهَا، فَإِنْ قِيلَ: فَأَيْنَ السُّنَّةُ الَّتِي دَلَّتْ عَلَى أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِوَاجِبَةٍ، قِيلَ:.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is possible that he ordered the repetition because the sacrifice is obligatory, and it is also possible that (he meant) he should repeat it if he wished to sacrifice, since a sacrifice before its time does not suffice. The sacrifice is not obligatory in such a way that leaving it is impermissible; rather it is a sunnah whose observance we love and whose abandonment we dislike, without holding it to be obligatory. If it is asked: Where is the sunnah that indicates it is not obligatory?
(b) Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah begin, the person who intends to offer a sacrifice should not remove any hair from any part of his body." Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This hadith indicates that the sacrifice is not obligatory, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever intends to offer a sacrifice." Had the sacrifice been obligatory, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have said this; rather he would have said: Let no one cut his hair until he has offered the sacrifice.
The Shaykh said: Al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon on the day of sacrifice: "The first thing to do on this day is to offer the prayer, then to sacrifice. Whoever does this has attained our sunnah."
(b) Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah begin, the person who intends to offer a sacrifice should not remove any hair from any part of his body." Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This hadith indicates that the sacrifice is not obligatory, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever intends to offer a sacrifice." Had the sacrifice been obligatory, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have said this; rather he would have said: Let no one cut his hair until he has offered the sacrifice.
The Shaykh said: Al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon on the day of sacrifice: "The first thing to do on this day is to offer the prayer, then to sacrifice. Whoever does this has attained our sunnah."
