The ruling on giving the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for a newborn in cash
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Question:
Finally, a woman or an elderly woman says that she gave the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for the newborn in cash, meaning money, to one of the associations instead of the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn). Honorable Shaykh, the sheep, the goat, or the lamb.
Answer:
This is not sufficient. It is necessary to slaughter the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) from sheep. It is necessary to slaughter one sheep for a girl and two sheep for a boy. This is what the Sunnah (recommended practice) has come with, and giving money is not sufficient. Yes.
Finally, a woman or an elderly woman says that she gave the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for the newborn in cash, meaning money, to one of the associations instead of the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn). Honorable Shaykh, the sheep, the goat, or the lamb.
Answer:
This is not sufficient. It is necessary to slaughter the 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) from sheep. It is necessary to slaughter one sheep for a girl and two sheep for a boy. This is what the Sunnah (recommended practice) has come with, and giving money is not sufficient. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/139 — archive.org (19:13)
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