Aqeeqah

Q: I have been blessed with a baby boy and wanted to confirm if the equivalent amount of 2 goats can be donated to flood victims in Pakistan?

Q: What is the preferred opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab in regard to aqeeqah? I see various opinions mentioned in the books of fiqh. Some explain that it is merely permissible while others say that it is mustahab.

Q:

1. Can I do aqeeqah and qurbaani together?

2. If permissible, how to do for boys and girls?

Q: If I make aqeeqah for my grandson. Can the meat be used for a braai where I invite family members?

Q: If a person is under debt, is aqeeqah still a sunnah to perform or should they first pay their debts and then do aqeeqah for their children?

Q:

1. Should aqeeqah only be done by the child's father for it to be valid or can the child's grand parents do the aqeeqah if they want to out of love, even though the child's father can afford to do aqeeqah himself? Will the aqeeqah be valid in this case?

2. Will the grand parents have to take permission from the child's father if they want to do the aqeeqah? If they do it without his permission will the aqeeqah be valid or will the aqeeqah have to be done again by the father to be valid?

3. Suppose someone else, like any other relative, wants to do the aqeeqah, will they have to take permission from the child's father to do the aqeeqah?

Q: How must aqeeqah for a baby girl be done and how must the meat be given out?

Is it permissible for the parents to eat the aqeeqa meat?

Q: My child was born on 3rd September at 3:43 pm, that was 3rd Muharram. I want to perform aqeeqah on the seventh day which, according to me, falls on 10 th September (from 9th evening to 10th evening). But my wife says it falls on 9th September which according to me is wrong. 3rd Muharram ended on 3rd evening that makes the date of birth the 3rd, but that doesn’t mean that 1 day is completed.

When we count days it is counted as:

1st day is 3rd to 4th day
2nd day is 4th to 5th day
3rd day is 5th to 6th day
4th day is 6th to 7th day
5th day is 7th to 8th day
6th day is 8th to 9th day
7th day is 9th to 10th day

Now what she says is by the Maghrib of the 3rd day, 1 day is counted. She is insisting on the 9th.

Q: My son, aged 17, passed away last February. I still did not perform his aqeeqa. Can I do aqeeqa for him now? 

Q: Can we do aqeeqah in walima? I mean, we will do the aqeeqa and serve its meat in a walima to the guests.