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Is it correct to use the term (tamimah) for the 'aqiqah?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: The common people call the 'aqiqah a tamimah. Is this naming correct, and is it better than the name 'aqiqah?

The Shaykh:
No, no. Tamimahs are disliked and prohibited. They are what is hung on children. In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, they called the hair on the head that is born with the newborn a tamimah. They would say, "This is his tamimah." I think it is not called by this name. Yes, it is not called a tamimah? It is called the 'aqiqah. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says:

The Shaykh:
It is not called al-nasiqah or al-dhabihah for the newborn either. Instead of saying "the 'aqiqah for the newborn," you say "the sacrifice for the newborn" or "the nasiqah for the newborn." This is better and further from the prohibited term.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1244] هل يصح إطلاق اسم (تمائم) على العقيقة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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