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 "id": "concept/aqiqa",
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 "slug": "aqiqa",
 "label": {
  "ar": "العَقِيقَة",
  "en": "The sacrifice for a newborn (aqiqa): its ruling, age, animals and manner",
  "ur": "عقیقہ (نومولود کی طرف سے ذبیحہ)"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "العقيقة في اللغة الشعر الذي يولد به المولود، وتطلق على الذبيحة التي تذبح عن المولود، وفي الاصطلاح ما يذكى عن المولود شكراً لله تعالى {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783}. وهي مختلفة عن الأضحية في وقتها ومكانها وغايتها، فالعقيقة تذبح بولادة المولود في أي وقت، والأضحية في أيام النحر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. وهي سنة مؤكدة عند الشافعية والحنابلة، ومستحبة عند المالكية، وأباحها الحنفية تطوعاً بنية الشكر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. وتطلب من الأب الموسر عند الشافعية، وتشرع عن الأنثى كما تشرع عن الذكر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. ووقتها اليوم السابع عند الحنفية والمالكية، ويبدأ عند الشافعية والحنابلة من تمام انفصال المولود، وتجزئ عند الشافعية والحنابلة من الأنعام، ويعق عن الذكر شاتان وعن الأنثى شاة عند الشافعية والحنابلة، وعند الحنفية والمالكية شاة عن كل منهما {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}. ويستحب أن تطبخ ولا يكسر منها عظم، ويؤكل منها ويهدى ويتصدق، وتذبح مع التسمية والدعاء المأثور {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}.",
  "en": "In the lexicon, aqiqa is the hair a child is born with, and it names the animal sacrificed for a newborn; as a term it is what is slaughtered for a newborn in thanks to God {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783}. It differs from the festival sacrifice in its time and place: it is slaughtered when the child is born, at any time of the year, whereas the sacrifice is made on the days of sacrifice {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. The Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold it a confirmed sunna and the Malikis recommended; the Hanafis allow it as a voluntary act in thanks {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. The Shafi'is ask it from a father who can afford it, and the majority hold it for a girl as well as a boy {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}. The Hanafis and Malikis fix the time at the seventh day, while the Shafi'is and Hanbalis count from the child's complete birth; the Shafi'is and Hanbalis require livestock, two sheep for a boy and one for a girl, while the Hanafis and Malikis give one for each {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}. It is recommended to cook it without breaking its bones, eat from it, give it as gifts and charity, and to pronounce the reported formula at slaughter {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "ideas"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "global"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "family-marriage-kinship",
  "worship-and-the-pillars"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "legal",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية، نسخة نور بوك، مدخل «عَقِيقَة»، ص 11783-11787 من المسح",
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5",
   "model": "claude-haiku-5-5",
   "run": "mawsua-w07-batch31"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Haiku 5.5; headword عَقِيقَة complete on scan pp.11783-11787 (definition, the sacrifice compared with the festival sacrifice, the ruling, who owes it, the girl, the time, the animals, cooking and the formula). The next headword عَلانِيَة begins on scan p.11788. Footnote citations omitted; the prophetic reports are referred to, not quoted"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "العقيقة في اللغة الشعر الذي يولد به المولود، وتطلق على الذبيحة عن المولود، وفي الاصطلاح ما يذكى عن المولود شكراً لله {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الفرق بينها وبين الأضحية",
     "markdown": "العقيقة تذبح بولادة المولود في أي وقت، والأضحية تذبح في أيام النحر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "حكمها",
     "markdown": "هي سنة مؤكدة عند الشافعية والحنابلة، ومستحبة عند المالكية، وأباحها الحنفية تطوعاً بنية الشكر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "من يُطلب منه وتشرع عن الأنثى",
     "markdown": "تُشرع عن الأنثى كما تُشرع عن الذكر عند جمهور الفقهاء، وتُطلب عند الشافعية من الأب الموسر {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "وقتها",
     "markdown": "وقتها اليوم السابع عند الحنفية والمالكية، ويبدأ عند الشافعية والحنابلة من تمام انفصال المولود {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "ما يجزئ فيها",
     "markdown": "تجزئ الأنعام، ويعق عن الذكر شاتان وعن الأنثى شاة عند الشافعية والحنابلة، وعند الحنفية والمالكية شاة عن كل منهما {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "طبخها وأكلها",
     "markdown": "يستحب طبخها دون كسر عظم، والأكل منها وإهداؤها والتصدق بها {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "مواطن البحث",
     "markdown": "تُنظر تسمية المولود وحلق رأسه وختانه في مصطلحاتها {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqiqa",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "In the lexicon, aqiqa is the hair a child is born with, and it names the animal sacrificed for a newborn; as a term it is what is slaughtered for a newborn in thanks to God {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its difference from the festival sacrifice",
     "markdown": "The aqiqa is slaughtered when the child is born, at any time, while the festival sacrifice is made on the days of sacrifice {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its ruling",
     "markdown": "The Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold it a confirmed sunna, the Malikis recommended, and the Hanafis allow it as a voluntary act in thanks {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Who owes it and a girl child",
     "markdown": "The majority hold it for a girl as well as a boy; the Shafi'is ask it from a father who can afford it {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Its time",
     "markdown": "The Hanafis and Malikis fix it on the seventh day; the Shafi'is and Hanbalis count from the child's complete birth {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11785} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The animals",
     "markdown": "The Shafi'is and Hanbalis require livestock, two sheep for a boy and one for a girl; the Hanafis and Malikis give one for each {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11786} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Cooking and eating",
     "markdown": "It is recommended to cook it without breaking its bones, to eat from it, to give it as gifts and in charity {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Where to look further",
     "markdown": "The naming of the child, the shaving of its head and its circumcision are treated under their own headings {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11787}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqiqa",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "لغت میں عقیقہ اس بال کو کہتے ہیں جو بچہ پیدائش کے وقت لے کر آتا ہے، اور اس جانور کو بھی جو بچے کی طرف سے ذبح کیا جائے۔ اصطلاح میں یہ وہ ذبیحہ ہے جو اللہ کے شکر میں نومولود کی طرف سے کیا جائے {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حکم اور وقت",
     "markdown": "فقہاء کے نزدیک شافعیہ اور حنابلہ کے ہاں یہ سنت مؤکدہ ہے، اور مالکیہ کے نزدیک مستحب۔ ولادت کے بعد کسی بھی وقت ذبح ہو سکتا ہے {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11783} {cite:fiqh-mawsua-kuwaitiyya-noor-v3 p.11784}۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "concept/aqiqa",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-23"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-23",
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  "concept/childhood-sighar",
  "concept/desire-shahwa",
  "concept/dhakar-fiqh",
  "concept/doubt-shakk",
  "concept/kaffara",
  "screen/para-pencari-tuhan-2007",
  "building/taj-mahal",
  "concept/abandoning-prayer-takfir"
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
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