Source: Fatāwā Āmanpūrī – Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Āmanpūrī
❖ Question
Is Uḍḥiyah (qurbānī – Eid sacrifice) obligatory and compulsory like Ṣadaqat al-Fiṭr?
✿ Answer
- Ṣadaqat al-Fiṭr is farḍ (obligatory).
- Uḍḥiyah (sacrifice) is a stressed Sunnah (sunnah muʾakkadah), not wājib.
- There is no authentic evidence to prove its obligation.
Scholarly Statements
❀ Imām Ibn Ḥazm رحمه الله said:
لا يصح عن أحد من الصحابة أن الأضحية واجبة
(al-Muḥallā bil-Āthār 6/10)
“No authentic report exists from any Companion that Uḍḥiyah is obligatory.”
❀ Imām al-Shāṭibī رحمه الله (d. 790H) stated:
“The Companions رضي الله عنهم did not consider sacrifice to be compulsory.”
(al-Iʿtiṣām 2/602)
- It is authentically reported that Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه sometimes abandoned sacrifice.
(al-Khilāfiyyāt lil-Bayhaqī 7/335 – with a ṣaḥīḥ chain)
✅ Conclusion
- Ṣadaqat al-Fiṭr is obligatory.
- Qurbānī (Uḍḥiyah) is not obligatory but a Sunnah Muʾakkadah.
- Considering it wājib has no authentic support from the Qurʾān, Sunnah, or the practice of the Companions.
ھذا ما عندي واللہ أعلم بالصواب
