PERFORMING THE QURBÂN (II)

A person who can neither get any produce from his field nor rent it out, as well as a man or woman who has property more than necessary but does not have any money, follows Imâm Muhammad’s ijtihâd and does not give the fitra or perform the qurbân. If he gives the fitra and performs the qurbân, he attains the thawâb for fitra and qurbân according to the latter ijtihâd. A person who performs an act of worship which is not wâjib for him attains thawâb for supererogatory (nâfila) worship only. He cannot attain the thawâb for a wâjib. If he dispenses the meat to the poor, he attains thawâb for alms, too. But the thawâb for fitra and qurbân, which are wâjib, is much greater than that which is given for nâfila and sunna. So is the case with every kind of worship. It is written in the books Mîzân-i-kubrâ and Manâhij that it is sunnat-i-muakkada according to the other three Madhhabs. Anyone who asserts that qurbân is not Islamic will become a disbeliever.

[It written in the books Hazânat-al-muftîn, (by Husayn bin Muhammad,) and Eshbâh: “If a person has houses and shops or a field and if the rentals he gets or the produce or rent of his field do not suffice to subsist his household, he is poor. It is permissible for him to accept zakât.” As is seen, the fatwâ has been given in agreement with Imâm Muhammad.] Ibni ’Âbidîn says: “A person who has a share in a joint-stock company and who cannot withdraw his money performs the qurbân if he has money or property enough for him to perform it.”