Shaikh: “Yes
Questioner: Salamu Alaykum
Shaikh: Wa Alaykum Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Questioner: May Allah make the evening good for you
Shaikh: May Allah make the evening good for you and with blessings
Questioner: How are you oh our teacher?
Shaikh: Alhamdulliah good. How are you?
Questioner: All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the worlds. I’m in good from Allah
Shaikh: Inshallah everyone is good?
Questioner: Alhamdulliah everyone is good
Shaikh: Alhamdulliah
Questioner: Oh our teacher!
Shaikh: Yes
Questioner: We have some questions if you give permission? Is the Aqeeqah distributed or cooked or left in the house? What is the Sunnah in that?
Shaikh: The one who distributes the Aqeeqah has three situations:
Questioner: Yes
Shaikh: If he wants, he eats all of it
Questioner: Yes
Shaikh: If he wants, he can distribute it all to the poor and needy
Questioner: Yes
Shaikh: If he wills, he can distribute it here, here, here. What is important, he is free [to do what he wills]
Questioner: Yes”.
[Silsilatul Huda wan-Nur no. 9]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan