What is the ruling on cooking food and donating it on the night of mid-Sha'ban, knowing that the family does so as a tradition inherited from ancestors who began it as an 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for a child born on that day, and then continued it annually?

Feeding people is a highly encouraged act of worship, but habitually doing so at a specific time, such as the night of the middle of Sha'ban, raises concerns that it might become a means to believe it inherently brings benefit or has a special virtue. Therefore, it is advisable to abandon this custom and feed people according to one's ability and need, not due to a previous event or because it is an inherited custom, as this reinforces the aforementioned concern.