Is it permissible for someone whose parents did not perform 'aqiqah for him to perform 'aqiqah for himself? And is the 'aqiqah valid by giving a restaurant the price of two sheep to carry it out? And what is the ruling on the rich and the poor eating from it? And is it permissible for the person for whom the 'aqiqah is performed and his relatives to eat from it? And to what extent is the donor responsible for tracking the restaurant that performs the 'aqiqah to ensure its distribution according to Sharia?

What has been read, that one for whom an aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) was performed will attain intercession, its intent may be what was explained in the hadith: "The boy is mortgaged by his aqiqah," and its summation is that if the boy dies without an aqiqah being performed for him, he will not intercede for his parents. It is obligatory to have a good opinion of the father, that he did perform the aqiqah for his child. If one strongly believes that his father did not perform the aqiqah for him, then there is no harm in him performing the aqiqah for himself, as some scholars have deemed it recommendable, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed an aqiqah for himself after he was sent as a prophet. One acts according to strong probability when certainty is impossible. It is permissible for him to appoint someone he trusts to perform his aqiqah, whether it is a restaurant or a charitable organization, and he should follow up with the appointee until his heart is at ease. The ruling of the aqiqah is like the ruling of the udhiyah (sacrifice of Eid al-Adha), so relatives and friends can gather for it, and they can feed from it both the rich and the poor. It is permissible to divide it into three parts: eating one-third, giving one-third in charity, and gifting one-third, or dividing it into two halves: half for eating and half for charity and gifting.