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Is it permissible to slaughter the Aqiqah and shave the baby's hair on the fourteenth day, and does it have the same benefit for the baby, and is it possible for the shaving to be on one day and the slaughtering on another?

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The Sunnah is for the 'Aqiqah and the shaving of the newborn's hair to be on the seventh day, based on the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: «A child is mortgaged by his 'Aqiqah; it is slaughtered for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved, and he is named.» If the 'Aqiqah is not feasible, then the head should be shaved on the seventh day and charity given equivalent to the weight of the hair in silver or its monetary value, as there is no interdependence between them. If the 'Aqiqah is not feasible on the seventh day, then it should be on the fourteenth or twenty-first day, as mentioned in the narrations. If it is still not feasible thereafter, then it can be done whenever it becomes possible, and there is no harm in delaying it for someone who is not able to perform it.

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