{"id":2285,"date":"2011-09-01T19:46:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T19:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2011-09-01T19:46:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T19:46:38","slug":"to-give-sadqah-instead-of-doing-aqiqah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/to-give-sadqah-instead-of-doing-aqiqah\/","title":{"rendered":"To give sadqah instead of doing aqiqah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo give sadqah instead of doing aqiqah\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<strong>In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<h1>\n\t<strong>Answer <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe performance of aqiqah is highly encouraged.&nbsp; It is to be performed by the parents or the guardian of the child.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam has said that a child is pledged to its aqiqah which is sacrificed on behalf of the child on the seventh day when it is given a name and the hair is shaved off its head.&nbsp; (Sunan Tirmizi p.278 v.1)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAqiqah should be performed on the seventh day of the birth of the child and if not done on the seventh day then whenever it is done, it should be on the next seventh day and so on.&nbsp; (Ibid)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOne can do aqiqah until the child has reached the age of puberty after which it will be considered as a optional sacrifice.&nbsp; (Ahsanul Fatawa p.536 v.7)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith regards to your question if a person gives sadqah or the price of a goat instead of doing the actual sacrifice, the sunnah of doing aqiqah will not be performed.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOnly Allah Knows Best\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMohammed Tosir Miah\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; To give sadqah instead of doing aqiqah &nbsp; In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. &nbsp; Answer &nbsp; The performance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}