Is it permissible to slaughter something other than a sheep for the 'aqiqah, such as a calf, for example?
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The questioner : Regarding the 'aqiqah.
The Shaykh : For the 'aqiqah.
The questioner : It is permissible for it to be from only... or from all livestock, for example, a calf. If one slaughters a calf, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : The text specifies two sheep. The text specifies two sheep. That is in the context of the 'udhiyah. So, the one who analogizes the 'aqiqah to the 'udhiyah permits it from all livestock.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the one who stops at the text, like me, says two equivalent sheep.
The questioner : To whom did he say it?
The Shaykh : To Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali.
The questioner : Listen to me, people... The other person is asking that you move the people away, because there are people who want to greet you. People from Bahrain, O Shaykh, came specifically to visit you, so I came to make room for them only.
The Shaykh : There is no room to make space if they enter. If they enter, they are listeners.
The questioner : Push each other, show mercy to one another.
The Shaykh : And sit with those who are sitting. After that, if we can be alone with them, either after or later, but you make room. Sit, sit.
The questioner : The hadith:Mishkat al-Masabih 248.
The Shaykh : Before the question, listen, people.
The questioner : Listen, if you please.
The Shaykh : Sit, if you please.
The questioner : Sit, sit.
The Shaykh : There is no place for them to sit down.
The Shaykh : For the 'aqiqah.
The questioner : It is permissible for it to be from only... or from all livestock, for example, a calf. If one slaughters a calf, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : The text specifies two sheep. The text specifies two sheep. That is in the context of the 'udhiyah. So, the one who analogizes the 'aqiqah to the 'udhiyah permits it from all livestock.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the one who stops at the text, like me, says two equivalent sheep.
The questioner : To whom did he say it?
The Shaykh : To Jarir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Bajali.
The questioner : Listen to me, people... The other person is asking that you move the people away, because there are people who want to greet you. People from Bahrain, O Shaykh, came specifically to visit you, so I came to make room for them only.
The Shaykh : There is no room to make space if they enter. If they enter, they are listeners.
The questioner : Push each other, show mercy to one another.
The Shaykh : And sit with those who are sitting. After that, if we can be alone with them, either after or later, but you make room. Sit, sit.
The questioner : The hadith:
In every successive century those who are reliable authorities will preserve this knowledge
يحمِلُ هذا العلمَ من كلِّ خَلَفٍ عدولُهThe Shaykh : Before the question, listen, people.
The questioner : Listen, if you please.
The Shaykh : Sit, if you please.
The questioner : Sit, sit.
The Shaykh : There is no place for them to sit down.
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