What is the authenticity of the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that “Whoever leaves a mandatory ritual act owes a sacrificial animal”? Does it have the ruling of being attributed to the Prophet? And what is its meaning?

Al-Hawini: The report of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father): “Whoever leaves a ritual act, let him shed blood.” What is the authenticity of this report? Does it have the ruling of being attributed to the Prophet? And what is meant by the word “ritual act” (nask)?

The Shaykh : As for its authenticity, if by “hadith” we mean what you stated in your question, namely that it is a report stopping at a Companion, then it is authentic in its chain of narration as a report from Ibn Abbas, stopping at him. If it is a report stopping at a Companion, then we should look to see if there is anything in the reports attributed to the Prophet that contradicts it, even in some of its parts, so that we can then decide whether to adopt this report or not. We have found in Sahih al-Bukhari and elsewhere the story of that Bedouin whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw performing the talbiyah for 'Umrah while wearing a jacket and anointed with perfume. He said to him: . The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order him to offer a sacrificial animal, even though many scholars today make such a sacrifice obligatory for such a lapse, which is wearing one’s regular clothes or anointing oneself with perfume after entering the state of ihram. When we found that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not make obligatory anything of what is implied by the report of Ibn Abbas, we said that we are free from the obligation to act upon this report, as long as the hadith in al-Bukhari indicates that nothing of the sacrificial animal is required of the ignorant person or the one who errs in one of the rituals of Hajj. In particular, I have observed practically in the pilgrimages that Allah has allowed me to perform in many past years that it is rare for a pilgrim to return without being burdened with blood sacrifices, because few escape committing some of the errors for which they are judged to be required to offer a sacrificial animal. Therefore, we say that we are not obligated to act upon this report of Ibn Abbas. Yes.