The word · Worship
العَقِيقَة
Aqiqah
The sacrifice offered for a newborn, customarily on the seventh day, with the naming and the shaving of the head.
Also written · Aqeeqah · Aqiqa · Akikah · Aqeeqa · Aqiqah sacrifice · Newborn sacrifice · Naming ceremony
The meaning
What Aqiqah means in Islam
The reports name two sheep for a boy and one for a girl, and the majority treat it as a strong sunnah rather than an obligation; the Zahiris held it obligatory. It is done on the seventh day where that is possible, and it is not invalid later. The head is shaved and something is given in charity, and the child is named. Nothing in it requires expense a family does not have, and a family that cannot afford it owes nothing.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
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