Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Performing Aqeeqah on behalf of the deceased

· 22 Safar 1444 AH1 min readFatwa 46964English

Question

Can Aqeeqah be performed for a deceased child or an adult who never had an Aqeeqah done on behalf of him?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Aqeeqah is Mustahab and refers to a sacrificial slaughter on the seventh day following the birth of a child. The slaughter is a form of expressing one's gratitude to Allah Ta'ala for blessing one with a child.[1]

The act of Aqeeqah is reserved for the living. One should not offer the Aqeeqah on behalf of a deceased person.[2] Instead, one may perform Qurbani (sacrificial slaughter) and distribute the meat to the poor with the intention of Isaal e Sawaab on behalf of the deceased.

And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best

Hasan Ahmed Razzak

Student – Darul Iftaa

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

(2021-01-11)

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع (5/ 72)

وَكَذَلِكَ إنْ أَرَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ الْعَقِيقَةَ عَنْ وَلَدٍ وُلِدَ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ؛ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ جِهَةُ التَّقَرُّبِ إلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى - عَزَّ شَأْنُهُ - بِالشُّكْرِ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ الْوَلَدِ، كَذَا ذَكَرَ مُحَمَّدٌ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فِي نَوَادِرِ الضَّحَايَا

[2]

العقود الدرية في تنقيح الفتاوى الحامدية ج-2 ص-213

ووقتها بعد تمام الولادة إلى البلوغ، فلا يجزئ قبلها، وذبحها في اليوم السابع يسن، والأولى فعلها صدر النهار عند طلوع الشمس بعد وقت الكراهة ؛ للتبرك بالبكور

احسن الفتاوی ج-7 ص-536
انتقال کے بعد عقیقہ نہیں کیونکہ عقیقہ رد بلا کے لے ہوتا ہے

فتاوى دار العلوم ديوبند - 1/1440

عقیقہ کا تعلق زندہ آدمی سے ہے ،وفات پاجانے کے بعد عقیقہ مسنون ومستحب نہیں رہتا،تاہم اگر کردیاجائے تو اس میں بھی مضائقہ نہیں ہے۔

Answered by
Hasan Ahmed Razzak
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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