Is it permissible to delay the Aqeeqah, shaving of the newborn's head, and his circumcision for more than a year and a half due to an installment debt being paid off?
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Slaughtering the , shaving the newborn's head hair, and donating its weight in gold or silver are recommended acts, not obligatory. If they conflict with paying off a debt, then prioritizing debt repayment is more important due to its obligatory nature. The time for the aqiqah is the seventh, fourteenth, or twenty-first day, and it is permissible to perform it whenever it is convenient. As for circumcision, there is no specific time for it prescribed by the .
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