Is it permissible for a man to perform the aqiqah for his daughter by sacrificing a cow or a camel, and is it permissible for more than one person to share in a single aqiqah?
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It is permissible to perform the ' for a newborn by slaughtering a cow or a camel, provided it has reached the age suitable for (sacrificial animal). A cow or a camel suffices for seven shares according to the Shafi'i school of thought. Therefore, two or three individuals may share in a cow or a camel for the 'aqiqah of two or three newborns.
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