Monday, October 21, 2013

Dought & clear, - Sacrifices, - Should he take out a loan in order to buy the udhiyah (sacrificial animal)?.

Is it obligatory to take out a loan in order to buy the udhiyah?.
Praise be to Allaah.
In the answer to question no. 36432we stated that the scholars
differed concerning the ruling on udhiyah and whether it is obligatory
or mustahabb.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
There is nothing in the shar'i evidence to indicate that it is
obligatory. The view that it is obligatory is a weak view. End quote.
Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 18/36
Moreover, those who say that it is obligatory state that being rich is
a condition of it being obligatory.
SeeHaashiyat Ibn 'Aabideen, 9/452.
According to both opinions – the view that it is obligatory and the
view that it is mustahabb – there is no need to take out a loan in
order to buy the sacrificial animal, because it is not obligatory for
one who is not rich, according to scholarly consensus.
Then there remains the question: is it mustahabb to take out a loan or not?
The answer is that it is mustahabb to take out a loan if there is the
hope that one can pay it back, such as if a person has a job and takes
out a loan until he gets his salary at the end of the month. But if
there is no hope of paying it off, then it is better not to take out a
loan, because then he is taking on a commitment for something that he
is not obliged to do.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked
about a person who is not able to offer the udhiyah – should he take
out a loan?
He replied:
If he can repay and he takes out a loan so that he can offer a
sacrifice, that is good, but he is not obliged to do that. End quote.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 26/305.
However, Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) was of the view
that it is obligatory.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is the
sacrifice obligatory for one who cannot afford it? Is it permissible
to buy the sacrifice on credit until a person gets his salary?
He replied:
The sacrifice (udhiyah) is Sunnah and is not obligatory… there is no
sin on a Muslim taking out a loan to offer the sacrifice if he is able
to repay it.

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