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Bayhaqi 19275 — Evidence that the aqiqah is optional, not obligatory

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، ثنا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ: " لَا أُحِبُّ الْعُقُوقَ ". وَكَأَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَرِهَ الِاسْمَ، وَقَالَ: " مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فَلْيَفْعَلْ ". ⦗٥٠٦⦘ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَهَذَا إِذَا انْضَمَّ إِلَى الْأَوَّلِ قَوِيَا، وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ فِيهِمَا ذَلِكَ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ.
Zayd bin Aslam narrates from a man of Banu Damrah, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the aqiqah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I dislike 'al-uquq'." It was as if he (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked the name aqiqah. And he said: "Whoever has a child born to him and wishes to slaughter an animal on behalf of his child, let him do so."
Al-Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When this is joined to the first narration, both become strong, and in both of them he made it dependent on one's wish.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19275
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