The ruling on performing the 'aqiqah for an adult due to inability in childhood
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Question:
This questioner from Jordan says—O Shaykh: I am a man who did not perform the 'aqiqah for my children due to inability, and now, praise be to Allah, it has become easy for me from wealth and other means; so is it obligatory for me to perform the 'aqiqah for all my children? And if I do so, is it considered an 'aqiqah?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to perform the 'aqiqah for them, even if they have grown up, if you did not have the ability when they were young. The Sunnah is to perform it for them, even after they have grown up; because it is a confirmed and established Sunnah. So if you perform it for them after they have grown up, because Allah has made things easy for you, that is the Sunnah. For a male, two sheep; for a female, one sheep. This is the Sunnah. You slaughter it, eat from it, feed people, and give charity, or you gather your relatives or neighbors around it; all of that is good if Allah has made your affairs easy. Perform it for them, even after they have grown up. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: It is not obligatory, but it is a Sunnah. Yes.
This questioner from Jordan says—O Shaykh: I am a man who did not perform the 'aqiqah for my children due to inability, and now, praise be to Allah, it has become easy for me from wealth and other means; so is it obligatory for me to perform the 'aqiqah for all my children? And if I do so, is it considered an 'aqiqah?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to perform the 'aqiqah for them, even if they have grown up, if you did not have the ability when they were young. The Sunnah is to perform it for them, even after they have grown up; because it is a confirmed and established Sunnah. So if you perform it for them after they have grown up, because Allah has made things easy for you, that is the Sunnah. For a male, two sheep; for a female, one sheep. This is the Sunnah. You slaughter it, eat from it, feed people, and give charity, or you gather your relatives or neighbors around it; all of that is good if Allah has made your affairs easy. Perform it for them, even after they have grown up. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: It is not obligatory, but it is a Sunnah. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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