This was recorded by Abu Dawud (22). Because the right of the poor has attached to it, riding it without necessity is not permissible, just as it is with their property. As for when there is no need, there are two narrations: one of them is that it is not permissible, due to what we have mentioned. The second is that it is permissible, due to what Abu Hurayrah and Anas narrated, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) saw a man driving a sacrificial camel (badana), and he said: "Ride it." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is a sacrificial camel." He said: "Ride it, woe to you," in the second or third instance. This is agreed upon (23).
Section: One is not absolved of the sacrificial duty except by slaughtering or stabbing (nahr) it; because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) performed nahr for his sacrificial animals (24). If he performs the nahr himself, or appoints someone to do it, or if another person performs the nahr without his permission at the appropriate time, it suffices for him. If he hands it over to the poor while it is sound and they perform the nahr, it suffices for him; because the intended purpose was achieved by their action, so it suffices him just as if someone other than them had slaughtered it. If they do not perform the nahr, he must take it back from them and perform the nahr (25). If he does not do so, or is unable (26) to, he is liable for it; because he caused its loss through his negligence in handing it over to them while it was sound.
Section: It is recommended for the one offering the sacrifice to personally undertake the nahr of the sacrificial animal; because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) performed the nahr of his sacrificial animals with his own hand (27). It was narrated from Ghurfah ibn al-Harith al-Kindi, who said: I witnessed the Messenger of Allah
(22) In: Chapter on riding sacrificial camels, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/408. It was also recorded by Muslim, in: Chapter on the permissibility of riding a sacrificial camel offered as a gift..., from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/961. And al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter on riding a sacrificial camel with kindness, from the Book of Rituals. Al-Mujtaba 5/139. (23) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: Chapter on riding sacrificial camels..., from the Book of Hajj. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/205. And Muslim, in: Chapter on the permissibility of riding a sacrificial camel..., from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/960. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter on riding sacrificial camels, from the Book of Rituals. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/408. And al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on what has been narrated regarding riding a sacrificial camel, from the Chapters of Hajj. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 4/145. And Imam Malik, in: Chapter on what is permissible regarding sacrificial animals, from the Book of Hajj. Al-Muwatta 1/377. (24) This is from the long hadith of Jabir, and its verification was previously mentioned on page 156. (25) Missing from the original manuscript. (26) In the original manuscript: "and did not". (27) Its verification was previously mentioned in the hadith of Jabir, on page 156.
