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Ruling on the Obligation of Qurbani Due to Ownership of Eight Tolas of Gold

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Fatwa No :
89966
| Date :
2025-12-12
عبادات / قربانی و ذبیحہ / مسائل قربانی

Ruling on the Obligation of Qurbani Due to Ownership of Eight Tolas of Gold

I would like to ask regarding my wife whether offering a sacrifice (Qurbani) was obligatory upon her this year or not. Our financial situation was such that there was only approximately 8 tolas of gold in the house, while there was no cash at all. For about two years, I had been unemployed, and we live in a rented house. In order to meet our basic necessities, that gold also had to be sold on several occasions.
In such a situation, does Qurbani become obligatory according to Shariʿah? And if Qurbani was Shariʿah-wise obligatory but she could not perform it due to lack of means, what is the ruling of Shariʿah now? Is it necessary to pay any fidyah, or will performing Qurbani in the coming year be sufficient? Kindly provide guidance. May Allah reward you all with goodness.

الجوابُ حامِدا ًو مُصلیِّا ً

In the present case, since the questioner’s wife possessed more than seven and a half tolas of gold during the days of ʿEid, offering Qurbani was obligatory upon her. Due to owning wealth in the form of gold, she was considered financially capable according to Shariʿah. It was not obligatory upon the husband to offer Qurbani on her behalf, and neither the husband’s unemployment nor his weak financial condition constitutes a valid Shariʿah excuse for the wife. Therefore, it was necessary for the wife to offer Qurbani, either by selling some of that gold or by taking a loan and performing the sacrifice. Now that the days of Qurbani have passed, it is obligatory upon her to give, in charity, the value of one average one-year-old goat or sheep to a deserving poor person.

مأخَذُ الفَتوی

كما قال الله تعالى في القران المجيد:فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنۡحَرۡ(سورة الكوثر:٢)
و فی بدائع الصنائع:وأيام النحر ثلاثة: يوم الأضحى - وهو اليوم العاشر من ذي الحجة - والحادي عشر، والثاني عشر وذلك بعد طلوع الفجر من اليوم الأول إلى غروب الشمس من الثاني عشر(كتاب الاضحيه،ج:،٥،ص:٦٥،مط:سعيد)
و فیہ ایضاََ:وأما الثاني فنقول إنها لا تقضى بالإراقة؛ لأن الإراقة لا تعقل قربة وإنما جعلت قربة بالشرع في وقت مخصوص فاقتصر كونها قربة على الوقت المخصوص فلا تقضى بعد خروج الوقت، ثم قضاؤها قد يكون بالتصدق بعين الشاة حية وقد يكون بالتصدق بقيمة الشاة؛ فإن كان أوجب التضحية على نفسه بشاة بعينها فلم يضحها حتى مضت أيام النحر يتصدق بعينها حية؛ لأن الأصل في الأموال التقرب بالتصدق بها لا بالإتلاف وهو الإراقة إلا أنه نقل إلى الإراقة مقيدا في وقت مخصوص حتى يحل تناول لحمه للمالك والأجنبي والغني والفقير؛ لكون الناس أضياف الله - عز شأنه - في هذا الوقت، فإذا مضى الوقت عاد الحكم إلى الأصل وهو التصدق بعين الشاة سواء كان موسرا أو معسرا لما قلنا.(كتاب الاضحيه،ج:،٥،ص:٦٨،مط:سعيد)
و فیہ ایضاََ:ومن وجبت عليه الأضحية فلم يضح حتى مضت أيام النحر ثم حضرته الوفاة فعليه أن يوصي بأن يتصدق عنه بقيمة شاة من ثلث ماله؛ لأنه لما مضى الوقت فقد وجب عليه التصدق بقيمة شاة فيحتاج إلى تخليص نفسه عن عهدة الواجب، والوصية طريق التخليص فيجب عليه أن يوصي كما في الزكاة والحج وغير ذلك(كتاب الاضحيه،ج:،٥،ص:٦٨،مط:سعيد)

And Allah knows best
بھائی محمد عُفی عنه
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