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Ḥājī and the ritual sacrifice of Eid-ul-Aḍḥā
Question: Is ritual sacrifice of Eid-ul-Aḍḥā Wājib for Ḥājī or not
Answer: It is Wājib for a wealthy Ḥājī who is resident. It is not
Wājib for a travelling Ḥājī even if he is wealthy. It is not necessary
to perform the ritual sacrifice of Eid-ul-Aḍḥā in Ḥaram. It can be
performed even in one’s own country through someone else. But in
that case one should be cautious about the days of ritual sacrifice i.e.
the sacrifice should be performed on such a day when the days of
sacrifice are continuing at the place where the sacrifice is being
performed as well as the place where the person for whom sacrifice
is being performed is present.
It is stated in ‘Al-Baḥr-ur-Rāiq’ regarding this Wājib of ritual sacrifice
on a resident Ḥājī: If the Ḥājī is non-resident, ritual sacrifice is not
Wājib for him. If he is resident, he is like the inhabitants of Makkaĥ
and ritual sacrifice is Wājib for him (provided he is wealthy).
(Al-Baḥr-ur-Rāiq, vol. 2, pp. 606)
The verdict of Islamic scholars that ritual sacrifice is not Wājib for
Ḥājī actually applies to a non-resident Ḥājī. It is stated in ‘Mabsūṭ’:
Except for Ḥujjāj, ritual sacrifice is Wājib for urban inhabitants. Here
Ḥujjāj means non-residents and urban inhabitants mean residents.
Sacrifice is Wājib for the inhabitants of Makkaĥ even if they perform
Hajj. (Al-Mabsūṭ lil-Sarkhasī, vol. 6, Al-Juz-uš-Šānī ‘Ashr, pp. 24)
Tokens for animal sacrifice
Presently a lot of Ḥujjāj deposit their money for Qurbānī in the
Islamic development bank accounts and receive tokens in return.
Please refrain from doing so.