{"id":1681,"date":"2011-09-20T05:53:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T05:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakkah.net:\/en\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2011-09-20T06:43:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T06:43:01","slug":"ruling-aqeeqah-obligation-recommended-sunnah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/ruling-aqeeqah-obligation-recommended-sunnah.htm","title":{"rendered":"The Ruling on the ‘Aqeeqah (Slaughtering for a Newborn)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah…<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Aqeeqah:<\/strong><\/em> Slaughtering\u00a0sheep after the birth of a newborn, two for a boy, one for a girl, preferably on the seventh day after the birth.<\/p>\n

Ibn Qudaamah (d.620), may Allaah have Mercy on him,\u00a0said:<\/p>\n

“The ‘aqeeqah is a Sunnah (recommended deed) according to the vast majority of the scholars, like Ibn ‘Abbaas, Ibn ‘Umar, ‘Aa’ishah, the jurists of the taabi’oon (those who came after the companions), and the scholars of the various lands, with the exception of\u00a0Ahlur-Ra’y (the Hanafees), who\u00a0held that it was from the customs of Jaahliyyah (the pre-Islamic period of ignorance)… And Al-Hasan (al-Basree) and Daawood (ath-Thaahiree) held it to be an obligation…” [1]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He went on to cite ijmaa’<\/em> (scholarly concensus) that it is recommended and not obligatory, however his quotes from the scholars who opposed this disproves any claim of concensus. [2]<\/p>\n

The Order for the ‘Aqeeqah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Some narrations from the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace)\u00a0include\u00a0or indicate\u00a0directives\u00a0to perform the‘aqeeqah<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Salmaan ibn ‘Aamir adh-Dhabbee (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that\u00a0the Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said:<\/p>\n

\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0639\u0642\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0641\u0623\u0647\u0631\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0627 \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u062f\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0648\u0623\u0645\u064a\u0637\u0648\u0627 \u0639\u0646\u0647\u00a0\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0630\u0649<\/strong><\/span>
\n“Along with a newborn son is an ‘aqeeqah, so spill blood for him<\/span> (i.e. slaughter sheep), and remove the harm from him (i.e. shave his hair).”<\/span><\/strong> [3]<\/p>\n

And ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) said, “The\u00a0Messenger of Allaah\u00a0(may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) ordered<\/strong> us<\/strong> to slaughter\u00a0a sheep for a newborn girl, and two sheep for a boy.”<\/em> [4]\u00a0<\/p>\n

How the Vast Majority of Scholars\u00a0Understood the Order<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the vast majority of the scholars understood these directives to be orders of recommended guidance, when comparing them to the remaining texts on the subject.<\/p>\n

‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allaah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) said:<\/p>\n

\u0645\u0646 \u0648\u0644\u062f \u0644\u0647 \u0648\u0644\u062f \u0641\u0623\u062d\u0628 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0646\u0633\u0643 \u0639\u0646\u0647 \u0641\u0644\u064a\u0646\u0633\u0643\u060c \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0634\u0627\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0641\u0626\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0634\u0627\u0629<\/strong><\/span>
\n“Whoever has a newborn child and wants to slaughter for him, let him do so: Two sheep is sufficient for a boy, and one sheep for a girl.”<\/strong> [5]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The majority of the scholars\u00a0consider this text to be a clear indication that the directives from the Messenger (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) regarding the ‘aqeeqah<\/em> were not absolute orders, but recommendations of guidance. [6]<\/p>\n

And Allaah knows best.<\/p>\n

Written by: Moosaa Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n

FOOTNOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1] Al-Mughnee<\/em> (13\/393-394).\u00a0 Note:<\/strong> Al-Mughnee<\/em> by Ibn Qudaamah\u00a0is recognized by the scholars as\u00a0one of the best and most comprehensive Fiqh books ever written.<\/p>\n

[2] This is an example of Ibn Qudaamah’s leniency in citing scholarly concensus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[3] Collected by al-Bukhaaree\u00a0(5472) and others.<\/p>\n

[4] An authentic hadeeth collected by\u00a0at-Tirmithee (1513), Ibn Maajah (3163), and others.\u00a0 This is the wording of Ibn Maajah.\u00a0 Al-Albaanee\u00a0discussed its\u00a0chains and authenticated it in Irwaa’ al-Ghaleel<\/em> (1166).<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> It is also worth noting that ‘Aa’ishah is the narrator of this order, and she held that the ‘aqeeqah<\/em> is not obligatory, as mentioned in the quote from\u00a0Ibn Qudaamah.\u00a0 As a general rule, the narrator’s understanding of a hadeeth is given precedence in issues of differing.\u00a0 This gives further strength to the position of the majority.<\/p>\n

[5] A hasan<\/em> (authentic) hadeeth collected by Aboo Daawood (2842) and others.\u00a0 Al-Albaanee called it hasan.<\/p>\n

[6] As is established in the science of\u00a0Usool al-Fiqh<\/em> according to the majority of the scholars: Orders are for obligations, unless there exists a qareenah saarifah<\/em><\/strong> (\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0646\u0629\u00a0\u0635\u0627\u0631\u0641\u0629<\/strong>), something to bring the status of the order down to a recommendation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah… ‘Aqeeqah: Slaughtering\u00a0sheep after the birth of a newborn, two for a boy, one for a girl, preferably on the seventh day after the birth. Ibn Qudaamah (d.620), may Allaah have Mercy on him,\u00a0said: “The ‘aqeeqah … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,85,87,64],"tags":[176],"class_list":["post-1681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-life","category-fiqh-islamic-rulings","category-general-reminders","category-original-articles","tag-aqeeqah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1683,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681\/revisions\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}