What is required of one who has not performed the 'aqiqah for any of his children?
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Question:
A man, O Shaykh, has a group of sons and daughters. He is an ordinary person and has not performed the 'aqiqah for any of them. Now he is in his seventies, and he was ignorant and negligent regarding this. What is required of him now?
Answer:
He owes nothing. The 'aqiqah is a recommended practice (sunnah), not obligatory. Yes.
A man, O Shaykh, has a group of sons and daughters. He is an ordinary person and has not performed the 'aqiqah for any of them. Now he is in his seventies, and he was ignorant and negligent regarding this. What is required of him now?
Answer:
He owes nothing. The 'aqiqah is a recommended practice (sunnah), not obligatory. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4983] ماذا يجب على من لم يعقَّ عن أحد من أبنائه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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