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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on appointing someone to slaughter the 'aqiqah of one's child in another country

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Question:
May Allah reward you. In his previous question, he says: May Allah bless me, I was blessed with a daughter a month ago. Due to my limited time and work circumstances, I am unable to perform the 'aqiqah for her here. So, if I appoint one of my brothers in Cairo to buy a sheep and distribute its meat among the family and the poor, is that sufficient?

Answer:
The prescribed practice is for the 'aqiqah to be in the house, in the residence where the newborn is, along with her father, mother, and family. This is what is prescribed: that the 'aqiqah be slaughtered in the house where the newborn is, so that the people of that house may benefit from the 'aqiqah, feed their neighbors and others, and give charity from it to the poor. As for slaughtering it in a place far from the house where the newborn is, this does not conform to the Sunnah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5430- حكم توكيل من يذبح عقيقة ولده في بلد آخر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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