Can the 'Id sacrifice and the newborn sacrifice be combined?

The questioner : The 'Id sacrifice and the newborn sacrifice, likewise?

The Shaykh: No.

The questioner : The evidence...

The Shaykh : In this matter, the evidence—may Allah bless you—you have heard it; His saying (peace be upon him), to which I referred earlier in the hadith, the hadith qudsi: . As for combining two intentions, where each of the two intentions is obligatory, an obligatory act does not suffice for another obligatory act. Here, the ruling differs according to the jurist. If the jurist holds that the 'Id sacrifice is obligatory and the newborn sacrifice is obligatory, then it is necessary to slaughter one animal for the 'Id sacrifice and one animal for the newborn sacrifice, or two animals according to whether the child is male or female. As for the one who holds that one of them is obligatory and the other is not obligatory, it is permissible; let alone if he holds that neither of them is obligatory. But do not forget that a doubled intention accompanied by an action is accepted for multiplication from ten to many multiples, whereas an intention devoid of action is not accepted for multiplication.