The qurbani which is most famous
and popular among the rest is the slaughter of animal at the occasion of
Eid-ul-Adha. However, there are other qurbani types too i.e Sadqa and Aqueeqa.
Sadqa
Sadqa is given as to save the
person from any calamity which can harm him or take away his/her life. In it
animal or even some part of its meat can be distributed among the ones who are
particularly nominated to be the ones who can eat the meat distributed as to
fulfill the conventions for sadqa.
aqueeqa
On the other hand it is aqueeqa
which is related to the new born child who is a blessing from ALLAH Almighty
and thus Aqeeqa has to be performed as to free the Chile from impurities. It is
also said that it makes the child obedient to his parents or inhibits the
troubles or hardships that he will have to bear or pass through in his life. It
has many explanations stated by great religious scholars. Most effectively it
had been performed by our beloved Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) on the birth of
his grandsons Hassan and Hussain.
It is actually the removal or
shaving off the newborn’s head and distributing meat of an animal which is as elucidated
by our Last Prophet. Hazrat Aisha (R.A) narrates that "The Holy Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam instructed us to sacrifice two goats in favor of a
boy and one goat in favor of a girl."(TIRMIDHI). It is advised to perform
the act of shaving off the child on the 7th day after his birth
which can be simplified by putting it this way that if the child was born on
Monday then on Sunday Aqueeqa is to be performed. And if it was Tuesday then
Monday will be the day on which by name of the child the animal be it a sheep
or goat which is healthy and qualifies for qurbani, it should not be weak or
sick, and must be one year old or looks healthy enough to be sacrificed as
passing off to be one year old.
Thus Aqueeqa if not possible for
the guardians or the ones who will be responsible to look after the child are
not to take loan or ask someone else to pay for his/her Aqueeqa. If they can then
they should follow what our religion teaches and demands to perform
specifically on the seventh day after the child opens his eyes in the real
world around him. Source by Onlinequrbanidonation .
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