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The aqiqa of the newborn: definition, status, number, the seventh day, the head's shaving and the name.
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Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama · Hanbali school
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Question 1769; he said: "The 'aqiqa is a sunnah: for the boy, two sheep, and for the girl, one sheep.
The 'aqiqa is the animal slaughtered for the newborn; it has also been said that it is the meal prepared to which one is invited on account of the newborn. Abu Ubayd said: the origin of the 'aqiqa is the hair upon the newborn, its plural is 'aqa'iq; from it comes the poet's verse: "O Hind, do not marry Bouha, upon him weighs his 'aqiqa, imagine".