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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Delaying the 'Aqiqah Beyond the Seventh Day

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Question:
Is it permissible to delay the 'Aqiqah beyond the seventh day?

Answer:
According to one's ability. The 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) is to be on the seventh day, or on the fourteenth day, or on the twenty-first day, or after that, whenever it becomes easy. Yes. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (200) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1441-03-17] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:09)

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