Every parent, whether newly married or married for a long time, will definitely feel happy with the birth of a new baby. For the mother, the patience she went through for 9 months to wait until the baby was born was a very exciting moment. Joy and gratitude for God's gift should be expressed by fulfilling every His demand from the very beginning of birth.
There are many sunnahs taught by the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam to us regarding welcoming a new birth such as shaving the baby's hair, giving a name and performing Aqiqah on the 7th day of birth. Aqiqah is a ritual of slaughtering a goat on the 7th day of birth as the best time taught by His Majesty sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam to express our gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. If you are unable and do not have the opportunity to do it on the 7th day, then it can be done on the 14th and 21st day. As for those who have passed the list of the best days for performing aqiqah, then they can do it at any time. only time before the child reaches puberty.
The law of aqiqah is circumcision that is required in Islam. Parents who do not do it are like a debt to the Creator because the baby is mentioned in the hadith as a pledge as mentioned in the hadith narrated by Abu Daud and Tirmizi: "Every child is pledged with his aqiqah, slaughtered for him on the 7th day, his hair shaved, and given a name.” Imam ibn al-Athir said that the meaning of the hadith is that both parents are prohibited from interceding for their child until the child's aqiqah is completed. Some scholars say that the meaning of the hadith is that every deed of the child will not reach his father, until his aqiqah is perfected.
According to hadith experts, aqiqah is only slaughtering a goat, different from the view of some scholars of jurisprudence that they equate the worship of aqiqah with the worship of qurban. It gives an interpretation according to the view of this jurisprudence scholar that aqiqah can also be completed by slaughtering cows and camels. In conclusion, what is best and clear in the hadith is 1 goat for a daughter and 2 goats for a son.
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