Aqiqah
Aqiqah is a sacrifice offered to celebrate a newborn child. Tradition calls for two animals for a boy and one for a girl, with the meat distributed and shared. It is usually performed on the seventh day after birth, and differs from udhiyah, the Eid al-Adha sacrifice.
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Is it permissible to delay the aqiqah to coincide with Eid al-Adha, and if the price of the calf is high, is it permissible to make part of it an udhiyah, and should this aqiqah be divided into three parts or be treated like a vow?
Whoever vows an act of obedience must fulfill it and not change it. If you vowed to sacrifice a calf, you must sacrifice it if it has reached two years of age. The vow must be fulfilled as it was vowed. Allah, the…
Is it permissible to slaughter two sheep for the aqiqah of a male separately, and can a feast be made from the aqiqah, or must a part of it be distributed to the poor? Is it permissible to give the value of the vow to slaughter the two sheep to charities, or must they be slaughtered and distributed? And which should be slaughtered first: the father's aqiqah or the son's aqiqah?
The Sunnah is to slaughter the Aqiqah on the seventh day of the newborn's life. If two sheep are to be slaughtered, it is permissible to delay one of them. If it is missed on the seventh day, it can be slaughtered on…
Is it permissible for a married man whose parents did not perform an Aqiqah for him to slaughter one Aqiqah intending it for himself and for his expected newborn, and can he delay the Aqiqah for himself?
The 'Aqiqah (sacrificial offering on the occasion of a child's birth) is a Sunnah. The Sunnah in it involves sacrificing one or two sheep for each individual. Participation in it is permissible if it is a camel or a…
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Is it permissible for a woman to perform the aqiqah for her children using her own money, individually, without her husband's participation? And is it sufficient to donate the entire aqiqah without eating from it or giving any of it as a gift?
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 should I do regarding my vow to slaughter a calf after my wife's natural pregnancy, with my intention not to eat from it and to give all of it for the sake of Allah, if I don't remember whether I intended to slaughter it alone or to make it an aqiqah? And is it permissible for me to perform the aqiqah with the ram that my wife's father will gift? And would slaughtering a calf and two rams (one of which is a gift) be considered extravagance for my newborn?