The ruling on the 'aqiqah after its time has passed
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, I am asking you about the 'aqiqah. May Allah grant me sons and daughters, but I have not performed the 'aqiqah for them up to now, and they are approximately seventeen years old. Is it obligatory for me to perform it now, or not?
Answer:
Its time has passed. In reality, it is a sunnah (recommended practice), not obligatory, so you do not have to make it up. It is a sunnah and its time has passed. Ask Allah to reform your children and to guide them to good. Raise them in goodness and obedience, for this is the greatest right they have over you: raising them in goodness and commanding them to pray.
The questioner says: Shaykh, I am asking you about the 'aqiqah. May Allah grant me sons and daughters, but I have not performed the 'aqiqah for them up to now, and they are approximately seventeen years old. Is it obligatory for me to perform it now, or not?
Answer:
Its time has passed. In reality, it is a sunnah (recommended practice), not obligatory, so you do not have to make it up. It is a sunnah and its time has passed. Ask Allah to reform your children and to guide them to good. Raise them in goodness and obedience, for this is the greatest right they have over you: raising them in goodness and commanding them to pray
Command your children to pray when they are seven, beat them for it when they are ten, and separate them in their beds
مروا أولادكم بالصلاة لسبع واضربوهم عليها لعشر، فرقوا بينهم في المضاجع
Source
لقاء مفتوح بالطائف 20-07-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (15:14)
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