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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the explanation of the author's statement: "And if his wife consented to it, it is obligatory upon her"

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The Shaykh : ... that he said: "Whoever forgets something of his rites or leaves it, let him shed blood" There is no report from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) other than this one, not even a single letter, that whoever leaves an obligatory act must shed blood. However, the scholars accepted this report and said: Whoever leaves something of his rites must shed blood, even though they do not say this is an absolute ruling. If we said it was absolute, we would say that whoever leaves the tawaf of farewell must shed blood, that whoever leaves the two rak'ahs behind the Maqam must shed blood, and that whoever leaves standing at al-Mash'ar al-Haram must shed blood. But regarding al-Mash'ar al-Haram, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
They are all a standing place جمع كلها موقف
So they do not say it is absolute; they interpret it to mean that whoever leaves something of his obligatory rites or forgets it must shed blood. They said: For this reason, this has the status of a marfu' report; it has the status of a marfu' report. But it can be said that this does not have the status of a marfu' report, because the status of a marfu' report is what the Companion said, and there is no room for opinion in it. Here, there may be room for opinion. Perhaps Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: If violating the rites by doing what is forbidden necessitates shedding blood, then violating the rites by leaving what is commanded is the same, so there is room for opinion in it. In any case, this is not the place to discuss whether shedding blood is obligatory for leaving an obligatory act or not. But we want to clarify that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that whoever leaves an obligatory act must shed blood. If he does not find [a sacrificial animal], he fasts for ten days. We say: There is no evidence for the obligation of fasting for ten days. And that whoever leaves an obligatory act must shed blood; if he does not find [a sacrificial animal], then nothing is required of him, because imposing acts of worship on the servants is not easy. Imposing what is not obligatory is like prohibiting what is not forbidden, and it may be even more severe, because you will burden the conscience of the servant with what you have made obligatory without evidence. So this is a rule that you should keep in mind: that imposing [an obligation] is like prohibiting [something] and requires evidence, because you cannot burden the consciences of the servants with what Allah has not burdened them with except with evidence. How can we say that whoever leaves an obligatory act must shed blood? This is possible to argue for with the report of Ibn Abbas. But how can we say that whoever does not find [a sacrificial animal] must fast for ten days? Where does that come from?
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