Aqiqah Service

Celebrate the birth of your newborn and share the joy with your needy brothers and sisters through the Muslim Hands Aqiqah Service.

To offer the aqiqah or sacrifice for a newborn child is the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (saws). An aqiqah involves the sacrifice of two animals for a boy and one for a girl, with a portion of the meat to be distributed to the poor and needy. An aqiqah can be offered at any point after a child's birth, but it is recommended to perform it within the first week (and ideally on the seventh day). In addition, it is the recommended Sunnah for parents to give sadaqah of equal value to the weight in silver of their baby's hair (when it is shaved on the seventh day after birth).

The Aqiqah Pack

The Muslim Hands Aqiqah Pack encompasses both these aspects and includes:

• The sacrifice of one or two aqiqah animals (depending on sex) distributed to the poor and needy, including orphans and the elderly.
• The value equal to the weight in silver of your child's hair distributed to the needy as sadaqah.*
• An official Aqiqah Certificate for your records.
• Feedback photos of the aqiqah animal.
• A recommended book on parenting in Islam.

* $15.50 is given in sadaqah. At the market price of silver this easily covers the required value.

The Aqiqah Pack for boys costs $170.50 and the pack for girls costs $100.75.

Order Now

To order your Aqiqah Pack please complete the form below. We recommend your order your aqiqah as soon as possible after the birth of your child, especially if you wish us to carry out the sacrifice within a week of birth.

You may also be interested in our Sadaqah Sacrifice Service (performing one or two sadaqah sacrifices covers the animal sacrifice aspect of the aqiqah for girls and boys respectively).

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