Is the 'aqiqah a confirmed recommended practice, and what is the ruling on one who does not perform it?

Question:
The brother Ibrahim asks and says: Give us a ruling regarding the 'aqiqah. Allah the Exalted has honored us with three sons and a daughter, but I have not performed the 'aqiqah for them yet. May I make it up? Is it a confirmed recommended practice? Please guide us on this matter. May Allah reward you with good. And if I do not perform it, is there any blame on me?

Answer:
The 'aqiqah, which is slaughtering an animal on behalf of the newborn, is a confirmed recommended practice. One slaughters two sheep for a boy, meaning for a male child, and one sheep for a girl. If one does not slaughter anything for the boy or for the girl, there is no blame on him, because he has not left an obligatory act, but rather a recommended practice. Yes.