What are the details for performing "Akika and Qurban" (sacrifice)? for whom Akika and Qurban (sacrifice) fard?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The sacrifice of aqiqa is not fard. It is sunnah. A person can perform it if he wants or vice versa. A person who does not slaughter a sacrifice is not regarded to have committed a sin. A person who slaughters one will get its reward. The sacrifice slaughtered in eid al-adha is wajib according to Hanafi madhhab. There are some conditions for the wujub of sacrifice. It is wajib for someone who meets those conditions to slaughter an animal.
For whom is Qurban (Sacrifice) wajib?
The following conditions are necessary for a person in order to slaughter an animal:
1 – To be a Muslim.
2 – To be free
3 – To be a resident, not a traveler.
4 – To have enough money that necessitates sadaqah fitrah..
5 – To become sane and mature. The fifth condition is controversial. According to some scholars, it is not necessary to become sane and baligh (mature, developed) for sacrifice to become wajib. It is necessary for a rich child and insane person to sacrifice an animal. Their parents should slaughter a sacrifice for them. The amount of nisab (minimum amount) for zakat and sadaqah fitra is 80 grams of gold or 561 grams of silver.
Mehmet Dikmen
Questions on Islam
- What are the frequent questions related to sacrificing an animal and their answers?
- As Eid Al Adha Approaches…
- For whom is it wajib to sacrifice an animal? Who sacrifices an animal?
- Does a person who has vowed to sacrifice an animal have to sacrifice it or sacrifice an animal on the day of eid al-adha first?
- Does every member of a family living in the same house have to sacrifice an animal each if they have nisab amount of wealth?
- Is it wajib for a traveler (musafir) to sacrifice an animal? Does a traveler who has an animal sacrificed by proxy receive the thawab of wajib?
- Is a vow of sacrifice regarded to have been fulfilled when the equivalent of the money of the animal to be sacrificed is given to a poor person?
- Why is sacrificing an animal stated to be wajib, not fard, though it is ordered in the Quran?
- What are the frequent questions about hajj?
- How is an animal sacrificed in accordance with the Sunnah?
