Is it permissible for one who is blessed with a male child to perform the 'aqiqah by slaughtering a calf instead of two sheep?
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The questioner : ... with a calf, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : No, the issue is replacing a ram, you say.
The questioner : Replacing two rams.
The Shaykh : Two rams.
The questioner : A calf, meaning the man is wealthy and he was given a male child.
The Shaykh : But why does he say replacing two rams, and not, for example, three, to offer as a sacrifice for one person or for a household, and so on?
The questioner : It is an 'aqiqah, Shaykh, and not a sacrifice.
The Shaykh : He is saying it is a sacrifice.
The questioner : Yes, I confused the terms.
The Shaykh : And we confused them too.
The questioner : 'Aqiqah.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : One must adhere to the text.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : No, the issue is replacing a ram, you say.
The questioner : Replacing two rams.
The Shaykh : Two rams.
The questioner : A calf, meaning the man is wealthy and he was given a male child.
The Shaykh : But why does he say replacing two rams, and not, for example, three, to offer as a sacrifice for one person or for a household, and so on?
The questioner : It is an 'aqiqah, Shaykh, and not a sacrifice.
The Shaykh : He is saying it is a sacrifice.
The questioner : Yes, I confused the terms.
The Shaykh : And we confused them too.
The questioner : 'Aqiqah.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : One must adhere to the text.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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