‘Aqiqah is obligatory if one is affluent or even if one is poor...
‘Aqiqah is obligatory if one is affluent or even if one is poor, the poor must do so when he is able to manage; and if ‘Aqiqah is not done for one until he offers an offering animal during aI-Hajj it then is sufficient for ‘Aqiqah.’ The Imam -asws then said, ‘If al-Qabilah (the special nurse, doctor) is a Jewish woman who does not eat meat of the animal slaughtered by Muslims then one-fourth of the price of the animal for ‘Aqiqah should be given to her.
[25] Aqiqah Animal May not be of Similar Requirement to Animal of Sacrifice مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مِنْهَالٍ الْقَمَّاطِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا يَطْلُبُونَ الْعَقِيقَةَ إِذَا كَانَ إِبَّانُ تَقْدَمُ الْأَعْرَابُ فَيَجِدُونَ الْفُحُولَةَ وَ إِذَا كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ الْإِبَّانِ لَمْ تُوجَدْ فَتَعِزُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ لَيْسَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ يُجْزِئُ مِنْهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Abbas ibn M’aruf frorn Safwan ‘Abd al-Rahrnan ibn al-Hajjaj from Minhal al-Qammat, who has said the following: “Once I said to abu ‘Abd Allah -asws that our people can find animal for ‘Aqiqah when Arabs are around.
They can find ram but in other seasons such animal is difficult to find and it is expensive for them. The Imam -asws said, ‘It is only a sheep and it is not like sacrificial offering for al-Hajj.
Anything is sufficient for it.’ [26] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمَّادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْكَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ الْعَقِيقَةُ لَيْسَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْهَدْيِ خَيْرُهَا أَسْمَنُهَا Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Salih ibn abu Harnmad from Muhammad ibn Ziyad from al-Kahiliy from Murazim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws has said, “Aqiqah is not like animal offering for al-Hajj.
The fat-one is better for ‘Aqiqah.
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