Does one who was not sacrificed for by his father perform the 'aqiqah for himself?

The questioner : Every person does it for himself and for his children, and with whom does he start among his children?

The Shaykh : As for the 'aqiqah for oneself, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) and not obligatory, because the obligation is only connected to his father. The father has passed away and his affair is finished. Our Lord knows if he was negligent or not. But following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he was chosen and selected by his Lord for prophethood and messengership, he slaughtered for himself. So it is incumbent upon the Muslim who knows that his father did not slaughter for him to slaughter for himself. Yes.

The questioner : His children.

The Shaykh : As for starting with whom? The younger one takes precedence over the older one, meaning the first is the first, the more obligatory is the more obligatory. Because Allah (Mighty and Majestic), as He said: , one may not be able to perform the 'aqiqah for all of them. Rather, the 'aqiqah for the first child, the first child is the most obligatory. Just as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) provided for him first, so first, likewise he starts and executes what he was not able to do. As for the one who was able but neglected the matter, he has missed the caravan and cannot make up for it. The 'aqiqah in this regard or this issue is like all the prayers, whether they are obligatory or voluntary, that if they are performed outside their time without a valid religious excuse, the person of obligation cannot recover them. So the one who is obligated to perform the 'aqiqah in one of the ways of obligation mentioned earlier, but he neglected it and said later, "We will slaughter and perform the 'aqiqah," he cannot do so. As for the one who knows the ruling but was not able to perform it for one reason or more, when it becomes easy for him, he slaughters. The slaughtering, textually, is on the seventh day. There are two hadiths that can strengthen each other, that he slaughters on the fourteenth, or on the twenty-first. And this is the broadest of what came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If one is lenient in hastening to perform the 'aqiqah in these three weeks, he cannot make up what he missed after that, because the matter is suspended like the prayer. As for the one with an excuse, he has another ruling. And every person examines his excuse and takes his ruling. And with this amount is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.