If one is unable to slaughter the 'aqiqah on the seventh day, should it be slaughtered on the fourteenth day, and if one is unable to do so…!
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A child was born to me. Is it a recommended practice (sunnah) to slaughter the sacrificial animal on the seventh day? If I am unable to do so on the seventh, is it on the fourteenth? And if I am unable to do so, is it on the twenty-first?
Answer:
The 'aqiqah is broad, and praise be to Allah. It is not that it must be on the seventh, the fourteenth, or the twenty-first. This is not a matter of obligation; it is a matter of recommendation. If you slaughter it on any day, the objective is achieved, and praise be to Allah. Yes. So do not make it difficult for yourself in this matter. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A child was born to me. Is it a recommended practice (sunnah) to slaughter the sacrificial animal on the seventh day? If I am unable to do so on the seventh, is it on the fourteenth? And if I am unable to do so, is it on the twenty-first?
Answer:
The 'aqiqah is broad, and praise be to Allah. It is not that it must be on the seventh, the fourteenth, or the twenty-first. This is not a matter of obligation; it is a matter of recommendation. If you slaughter it on any day, the objective is achieved, and praise be to Allah. Yes. So do not make it difficult for yourself in this matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [451 /641] من لم يستطع ذبح العقيقة يوم السابع، هل يذبحها في يوم الرابع عشر وإذا لم يستطع..! — youtube.com
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