Is it preferable to delay the 'Aqiqah sacrifice until the month of Ramadan, or is its virtue equal whether performed in Ramadan or at another time, given that the child is three years old?
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Whoever missed slaughtering the after the twenty-first day has the choice to slaughter it whenever they wish. It is permissible to slaughter it before or during it. However, it is better to hasten it before Ramadan, because its purpose is to hasten good, and because the child is mortgaged by his Aqiqah, so hastening it releases him from the mortgage. This indicates the recommendation to hasten it over delaying it.
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