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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If a man is blessed with children and does not perform the sacrifice for them until they are more than four years old, is it permissible to perform the sacrifice for them after this age?

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Question: If a man is blessed with children and does not perform the sacrifice for them until they are more than four years old, is it permissible to perform the sacrifice for them after this age? And if so, is it permissible to slaughter the sacrifice for them outside the town where they were born? Because there are no poor people in their town who need the meat, and there is a village far from their place of birth that has people eligible for charity? Is it permissible to slaughter it there and give the meat of the sacrifices to them as charity? Or is it not a condition of the 'aqiqah sacrifice that the poor eat from it?

Answer: There is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with slaughtering the 'aqiqah for them even if their ages exceed six months. It is recommended and better to hasten to do it, but if it is delayed, there is no harm in that. He should slaughter it whenever it becomes easy for him to do so.
As for the place of slaughter, there is no specific place for the slaughter. Rather, it is permissible to slaughter it in the town where they were born, and it is permissible to slaughter it elsewhere, because it is an act of devotion and obedience that is not restricted to a specific place.
As for the issue of eating, the 'aqiqah takes the ruling of the 'udhiyah (sacrifice). It is recommended for him to eat from it, to give charity from it, and to send some of it to his neighbors and friends.
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