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(Book 26, Hadith 7) #36143
Making an Aqiqa for Children

SUMMARY: It is desirable to make an aqiqa for one's children, and the same rules apply as with all sacrificial animals. The family should eat the meat and give some of it away as sadaqa, but the child should not be smeared with any of the blood.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father, Urwa ibn az-Zubayr made an aqiqa for his male and female children of a sheep each. Malik said, "What we do about the aqiqa is that if someone makes an aqiqa for his children, he gives a sheep for both male and female. The aqiqa is not obligatory but it is desirable to do it, and people continue to come to us about it. If someone makes an aqiqa for his children, the same rules apply as with all sacrificial animals - one-eyed, emaciated, injured, or sick animals must not be used, and neither the meat or the skin is to be sold. The bones are broken and the family eat the meat and give some of it away as sadaqa. The child is not smeared with any of the blood '.'
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ كَانَ يَعُقُّ عَنْ بَنِيهِ الذُّكُورِ، وَالإِنَاثِ، بِشَاةٍ شَاةٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ الأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ أَنَّ مَنْ عَقَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَعُقُّ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ بِشَاةٍ شَاةٍ الذُّكُورِ وَالإِنَاثِ وَلَيْسَتِ الْعَقِيقَةُ بِوَاجِبَةٍ وَلَكِنَّهَا يُسْتَحَبُّ الْعَمَلُ بِهَا وَهِيَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَزَلْ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ عِنْدَنَا فَمَنْ عَقَّ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ النُّسُكِ وَالضَّحَايَا لاَ يَجُوزُ فِيهَا عَوْرَاءُ وَلاَ عَجْفَاءُ وَلاَ مَكْسُورَةٌ وَلاَ مَرِيضَةٌ وَلاَ يُبَاعُ مِنْ لَحْمِهَا شَىْءٌ وَلاَ جِلْدُهَا وَيُكْسَرُ عِظَامُهَا وَيَأْكُلُ أَهْلُهَا مِنْ لَحْمِهَا وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ مِنْهَا وَلاَ يُمَسُّ الصَّبِيُّ بِشَىْءٍ مِنْ دَمِهَا
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animals  *  aqiqa  *  sadaqa

QUICK LESSONS:
Make an Aqiqa for your children according to Islamic guidelines set by scholars; Eat some of the meat and give some away as sadaqah; Do not sell either the skin or meat afterwards; Do not smear any blood on your child during this process

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses making an aqiqa for one's children. An aqiqa is when someone sacrifices an animal in honor of their newborn child, usually done on the seventh day after birth. It is desirable to do this but not obligatory; however, people continue to come to scholars about it. When making this sacrifice, one must follow certain rules such as not using any sick or injured animals or selling either the meat or skin afterwards. The family should eat some of the meat and give some away as sadaqa; however, they must not smear any blood on their child during this process. This hadith teaches us that we can honor our newborns by sacrificing animals in their name while following certain guidelines set by Islamic scholars so that we can benefit from them both spiritually and physically while also giving back to those who are less fortunate than us through charity work like sadaqah.

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