Is the 'Aqiqah on the fourteenth and twenty-first days a matter of choice?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. I mean, is it a matter of choice between the seventh, the fourteenth, and the twenty-first?
The Shaykh : No, it is a matter of choice...
The questioner : It is a matter of choice within the scope of one's ability.
The Shaykh : Within the scope of one's ability.
The questioner : I mean, I am able, but I did not desire to...
The Shaykh : I mean, it is not that you did not desire it, but that it was not available to you... This timing allows for leniency, but after the twenty-first, the matter is concluded.
The questioner : I mean, is there no obligation on him if he delays it until the twenty-first?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, it is a matter of choice...
The questioner : It is a matter of choice within the scope of one's ability.
The Shaykh : Within the scope of one's ability.
The questioner : I mean, I am able, but I did not desire to...
The Shaykh : I mean, it is not that you did not desire it, but that it was not available to you... This timing allows for leniency, but after the twenty-first, the matter is concluded.
The questioner : I mean, is there no obligation on him if he delays it until the twenty-first?
The Shaykh : Yes.