The sacrifice; its truth, importance and issues (The fourth section)

Author: Shokran Ahmadi

The rules of Eid al-Adha and sacrifice

The virtues of the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah

The Prophet, peace and blessings Be upon him, said: “There is no better time to worship Allah Almighty than the decade of Dhu al-Hijjah.” Fasting for one day in it, is equal to fasting for a year and worshiping for one night in it, is equal to worshiping the night of Qadr.”

Almighty Allah has sworn to ten nights in Surah “Fajr”. According to the opinion of all scholars, those ten nights are the nights of the first decade of Dhul-Hijjah, especially the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah; That is, the day of Arafah and the night between Arafah and Eid have a special virtue. Fasting on the day of Arafah causes atonement for the sins of the past year and the next year, and staying awake on the night of Eid and engaging in worship is a great reward and virtue.

Takbir Tashriq

«اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد».

“Allah is great, Allah is great, there is no god but Allah, Allah is great, Allah is great, and praise be to Allah.”

From Fajr prayer on the day of Arafah; That is, from the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah to the 13th Asr, reciting this takbeer once after every obligatory prayer is obligatory. The fatwa states that the one who prays in congregation or prays individually are equal in this ruling, also saying Takbeer is obligatory for every man and woman; Of course, a woman should not say Takbeer loudly.

Issue: If the imam forgets the takbeer, the muqtadi should say the takbeer in a loud voice.

Issue: Fasting on the Day of Arafah is equivalent to forgiving the sins of two years, One year past and one year to come.

Note: It is necessary to say this takbeer in a medium voice. Many people neglect it; because either they don’t say takbeer at all or they say takbeer slowly, it is necessary to correct this.

Sunnah of Eid al-Adha

On the day of Eid al-Adha, the following matters are considered:

1. Waking up early in the morning;

2. Bathing and brushing;

3. Wearing clean and smooth clothes that a person has;

4. Scenting;

5. Not eating anything before the Eid prayer;

6. On the way to Eidgah, say Takbeer loudly.

Eid prayer

The Eid prayer is two rak’hats like the Fajr prayer with the difference that there are three additional takbeers in each rak’hat of the Eid prayer, in the first rak’hat after reciting “Subhank Allahoma” and before the recitation, and in the second rak’hat, after the recitation and before ruku, the Zawaed takbeers are said and in the Zawaed takbirat the hands should be rised from to the ears.

In the first rak’hat, after two takbeers, release the hands and close the hands after the third takbeer, and in the second rak’hat, after all three takbeers, release the hands and go to ruku with the fourth takbeer. Listening to the sermon is obligatory after the Eid rayer.

The sacrifice

Sacrifice is an important act of worship and one of the rites of Islam. In the time of Jahiliyyah, it was also known as worship, but they sacrificed to idols. Even today, in other religions, sacrifice is performed as a religious ritual in the name of idols or christ, etc. In Surah “Kowsar” Allah commanded the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him that just as prayer cannot be done except for Allah, the sacrifice should be only for Allah and the concept of «فصل لربك وانحر» is this. And in another verse, the same thing is stated with a different interpretation like this:

«إنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُکِي ومَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ»Translation: “My prayer and all my acts of worship and my life and death are all for Allah, the Lord of the worlds.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stayed in Medina for ten years after the migration and used to sacrifice every year, which shows that the sacrifice is not dedicated to Makkah,  therefore, after fulfilling the conditions, sacrifice is obligatory for all people in any city. And he emphasized on Muslims, therefore, according to all Islamic scholars, sacrifice is obligatory.

To whom is the sacrifice obligatory?

Qurbani (sacrifice) is obligatory on every sane, mature and resident Muslim who, in addition to his basic needs, owns fifty-two and a half tola (612 grams) of silver or its value. This amount of property is valid, whether it is gold or silver, or jewelry, or business property, or household furniture that is superfluous to his needs, or an additional house that is superfluous to his residence.

In relation to the sacrifice, the passing of the year is not a condition. If a child or a lunatic has property of the mentioned amount, it is not obligatory on him or on his behalf to his guardian. Also, the one who is traveler according to the sharia rules of travelers; it is not obligatory for him to sacrifice.

Issue: A person who was not obligated to sacrifice, if he buys an animal with the intention of sacrifice. It becomes obligatory to sacrifice that animal.

The time of sacrifice

Sacrifice worship is only for three days, in other days there is no worship called Ghorbani (Sacrifice). The time of sacrifice is on the 10th, 11th and 12th of Dhu al-Hijjah. Of course, it is better to sacrifice on the first day of sacrifice (tenth).

Giving charity instead of sacrifice

If the days of the sacrifice have passed and a person is unable to sacrifice due to ignorance, neglect or some other excuses, it is obligatory to donate the price of the sacrifice to the poor and needy; However, by giving the price of the sacrifice in charity, in the three days when the sacrifice must be slaughtered, the obligation of the sacrifice will not be fulfilled, and he will always be a sinner; Because the sacrifice is an independent act of worship, so just like praying, is not a replacement of fasting, and by fasting, the prayer is not performed, and the payment of zakat does not take the place of the Hajj, and the giving of charity is also not performed as a sacrifice; The instructions of the Holy Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the interaction of the Companions, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, are proof of the validity of this claim.

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