Is Uḍḥiyah (Sacrifice) Obligatory Like Ṣadaqat al-Fiṭr?

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