Hadith 1506

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ , حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ , أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ , عَنْ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ , أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ أَوَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ ؟ فَقَالَ " ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ " , فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيْهِ , فَقَالَ : أَتَعْقِلُ , ضَحَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ , قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ , وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ : " أَنَّ الْأُضْحِيَّةَ لَيْسَتْ بِوَاجِبَةٍ , وَلَكِنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ مِنْ سُنَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُعْمَلَ بِهَا " , وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ , وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ .
´Narrated Jabalah bin Suhaim :` That a man asked Ibn 'Umar about the Udhiyah, "Is it obligatory?" So he said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the Udhiyah as did the Muslims." He repeated the question. So he said: "Do you understand ?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) slaughtered as did the Muslims."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الأضاحى عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 1506
Hadith Grading الألبانی: ضعيف، المشكاة (1475 / التحقيق الثاني)  |  زبیر علی زئی: (1506) إسناده ضعيف /جه 3124, حجاج بن أرطاة ضعيف (تقدم: 527)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابن ماجہ/الأضاحي 2 (3124، 3124/م) ( تحفة الأشراف : 6671) (ضعیف) (سند میں ’’ حجاج بن ارطاة ‘‘ ضعیف اور مدلس راوی ہیں اور روایت عنعنہ سے ہے، واضح رہے کہ سنن ابن ماجہ کی سند بھی ضعیف ہے، اس لیے کہ اس میں اسماعیل بن عیاش ہیں جن کی روایت غیر شامی رواة سے ضعیف ہے، اور اس حدیث کی ایک سند میں ان کے شیخ عبداللہ بن عون بصری ہیں، اور دوسری سند میں حجاج بن ارطاة کوفی ہیں)»
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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.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1506