Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Using the Meat of the Offering for Food, Giving as Charity and Taking Out of Mina 8ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَهْدَى هَدْياً فَانْكَسَرَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ ٠ِينٍ يَعْنِي نَذْراً أَوْ جَزَاءً فَعَلَيْهِ فِدَاؤُهُ قُلْتُ أَ يَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُ فَقَالَ لا إِنَّ٠َسَاكِينِ فَإِنْ لَ٠ُوناً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ قُلْتُ أَ يَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُ قَالَ يَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُ وَرُوِيَ أَيْضاً أَنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ ٠ُوناً كَانَ أَوْ غَيْرَ ٠8.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from ibn Muskan from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who offers an offering but it sustains damage.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If it is binding and obligatory such as because of swearing, or vow or as penalty, he owes ransom.’ I then asked, ‘Can he eat thereof?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, because it is for the destitute, if it is not binding and obligatory, he is not obligated for anything in this matter.’ I asked, ‘Can he eat thereof?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can eat.’” NOTE: It is also narrated that he can eat thereof, regardless of its being of binding and obligatory or non- obligatory reasons.

رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/183))