[Q 510] Aqiqah Share in a Qurbani Animal

QUESTION:

Salaam, can aqiqah be a share of a Qurbani animal?

ANSWER:

Having a share of Aqiqah in a Qurbani animal is Jaiz (Permissible); there is no issue in this. However it is preferable that 2 shares be allocated for the Aqiqah of boys and one share for girls. If someone Allocated only one share for the Aqiqah of a boy there is no issue in that. Just like the case with qurbani dividing the meat of Aqiqah into three parts is Mustahab (Recommended).
The parents of the child, the grandparents (both paternal and maternal), and both rich and poor — all may eat from it.

In Hashiyah at-Taḥṭawi it is stated:

و لو ارادوا القربۃ الاضحیۃ او غیرھا من القرب اجزأھم سواء کانت القربۃ واجبۃ او تطوعا او وجب علی البعض دون البعض و سواء اتفقت جھۃ القربۃ او اختلفت ۔۔۔ کذلک ان اراد بعضھم العقیقۃ عن ولد ولد لہ من قبلہ

(Hashiyah at-Taḥṭawi ‘ala ad-Durr al-Mukhtar, Kitab al-Udhiyyah, volume 4, page 166, published Quetta)

Sayyidi A‘la Hadrat Imam Ahl-e-Sunnat Mawlana ash-Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan علیہ رحمۃ الرحمٰن states in Fatawa Ridawiyyah:
“Aqiqah meat may also be eaten by the parents and grandparents. Like Qurbani, dividing it into three parts is also Mustahab (Recommended).”

(Fatawa Ridawiyyah, volume 20, page 586, Raza Foundation, Lahore)

Answered by: Usman Madani (Ask mufti scholar)
Translated Answer
Date: 13th November 2025