Guidance from the Shaykh to those who sacrifice more than one animal in the same household
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The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The truth is, her question is about the sacrificial animals. She says: The problem is that many households sacrifice more than one animal. This father sacrifices more than one, and this brother, and this wife. Is there any guidance on this? Are they rewarded for it?
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. I say that the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). O Allah, send prayers upon him. There is no doubt in this. And the most noble of creation is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. The most eager of people to worship Allah is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). (Peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. The one who most reveres the symbols of Allah is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. And he did not increase (peace and blessings be upon him), O Allah, send prayers upon him.
The sacrifice is one for him and his household. Does not what sufficed him (peace and blessings be upon him) suffice us? O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him.
Did not Allah the Exalted say:[Al-Ahzab 33:21]? Yes.
Why do we boast in permissible matters? The father, the mother, the son, and the daughter sacrifice, and so on. It would have been better for us to hasten to it. If increasing beyond one had been better, the most deserving and foremost of people would have been Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). (Peace and blessings be upon him).
So my advice to my Muslim brothers is to preserve their wealth. And not to go beyond the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Because this kind of boasting. Or competition, may lead the poor and the destitute to sacrifice more than one, and that burdens them with debts. In a matter where the prescribed ruling is the opposite.
My advice to those whom Allah has blessed with wealth is to restrict themselves to what the Sunnah brought. And if they have surplus wealth, the doors of good are many and wide. They give it in charity to the poor, they use it to help a poor man get married, they use it to build mosques. The doors of good are many, and praise be to Allah.
The questioner : And regarding bequests, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for bequests, they must be executed. Bequests must be executed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : But if a person bequeaths, saying: A sacrifice for me, a sacrifice for my parents, a sacrifice for my grandfather, a sacrifice for my mother, a sacrifice for my grandmother, then he should sacrifice one for all of them, and the value of the extra sacrifices should be used for building mosques, for printing books, or to help a poor person. Because this is better. And changing a bequest to something better than it is an act of kindness and virtue. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Baqarah 2:182] And when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) opened Makkah, a man came to him and said: Bulugh al-Maram 1394 Here, so he repeated it to him. He said: Pray here, so he repeated it to him. The third or fourth time, he said: Then do as you wish. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided him to what is better.
Bequests are executed, and it is necessary, either by the number of sacrifices specified by the bequeather, or by one for all of them, and the value of the remaining sacrifices is spent on what is better.
The questioner : Thank you for this guidance, O Shaykh Muhammad, may Allah preserve you. And we have a call. Thank you, sister questioner.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. I say that the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). O Allah, send prayers upon him. There is no doubt in this. And the most noble of creation is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. The most eager of people to worship Allah is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). (Peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. The one who most reveres the symbols of Allah is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). There is no doubt in this. And he did not increase (peace and blessings be upon him), O Allah, send prayers upon him.
The sacrifice is one for him and his household. Does not what sufficed him (peace and blessings be upon him) suffice us? O Allah, send prayers and peace upon him.
Did not Allah the Exalted say:
There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.
لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًاWhy do we boast in permissible matters? The father, the mother, the son, and the daughter sacrifice, and so on. It would have been better for us to hasten to it. If increasing beyond one had been better, the most deserving and foremost of people would have been Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). (Peace and blessings be upon him).
So my advice to my Muslim brothers is to preserve their wealth. And not to go beyond the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Because this kind of boasting. Or competition, may lead the poor and the destitute to sacrifice more than one, and that burdens them with debts. In a matter where the prescribed ruling is the opposite.
My advice to those whom Allah has blessed with wealth is to restrict themselves to what the Sunnah brought. And if they have surplus wealth, the doors of good are many and wide. They give it in charity to the poor, they use it to help a poor man get married, they use it to build mosques. The doors of good are many, and praise be to Allah.
The questioner : And regarding bequests, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : As for bequests, they must be executed. Bequests must be executed.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : But if a person bequeaths, saying: A sacrifice for me, a sacrifice for my parents, a sacrifice for my grandfather, a sacrifice for my mother, a sacrifice for my grandmother, then he should sacrifice one for all of them, and the value of the extra sacrifices should be used for building mosques, for printing books, or to help a poor person. Because this is better. And changing a bequest to something better than it is an act of kindness and virtue. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
But if one fears from the bequeather [some] error or sin and corrects that which is between them, there is no sin upon him
فَمَنْ خَافَ مِن مُّوصٍ جَنَفًا أَوْ إِثْمًا فَأَصْلَحَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِO Messenger of Allah, I have vowed that if Allah opens the conquest of Makkah at your hands I shall pray in Jerusalem." He replied, "Pray
يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ إِنْ فَتَحَ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ مَكَّةَ أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِ اَلْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ صَلِّBequests are executed, and it is necessary, either by the number of sacrifices specified by the bequeather, or by one for all of them, and the value of the remaining sacrifices is spent on what is better.
The questioner : Thank you for this guidance, O Shaykh Muhammad, may Allah preserve you. And we have a call. Thank you, sister questioner.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 751- توجيه من الشيخ لمن يضحي اكثر من واحدة في بيت واحد/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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