Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of Sacrificial Animal Destroyed Before Offering and Using Its Meat for Food َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الْبَدَنَةِ يُهْدِيهَا الرَّجُلُ فَتُكْسَرُ أَوْ تَهْلِكُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ هَدْياً ٠ُوناً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٠َكَانَهُ وَإِنْ لَ٠ُوناً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قُلْتُ أَ وَيَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from a man who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who offers a badanah but it suffers damage or is destroyed.

He (the Imam) said, ’If it is a binding obligation, he owes its replacement, otherwise, he is not obligated for anything in this matter.’ I then asked, ‘Can he use it for food?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/171))