1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

10 Questions

Can you clarify if performing Chilla - 40th day function - is appropriate in Islam, and what practices are included in Aqeeqah?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Aqeeqa is recommended for every Muslim child on the seventh day after birth, and it can e be done any time after that by slaughtering a sheep or goat or cow or camel and distributing its meat to people.

Chilla has different meanings in different countries and cultures. Please clarify your question and which type of Chilla you are asking about, so that I can try to respond to it.

Wassalam.
Is the aqiqa sacrifice specifically a male goat for boys and a female goat for girls, or is a male goat used for both genders?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

If the newborn is male, it is also mustahab for the sheep or goat sacrificed as aqiqah to be male,d if the newborn is female, then the animal be female. 

This is recommended. 

And Allah knows best
Is it permissible to eat Aqiqah meat from a non-Syed?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes. Aqeeqa meat is allowed from any one for any one. Parents of the child are advised not to eat from the Aqeeqa of their child. It is not Haraam for them to eat, but just Makrouh.

Wassalam.
Can a Syed accept Aqiqah meat from another Syed?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Yes, of course he can. The only thing that is haram for a Seyid to take is 'sadaqah wajibah', like Zakat. 

Other than this, whether it is sadaqah mustahab, or aqiqah, or anything else is permissible and fine to take.

And Allah knows best.