[Q-ID0619] Can we give Aqiqah meat to non-Muslims?
Question
What do the scholars of the Dīn and muftīs of the Sacred Law state regarding the following issue: Can the meat of ‘Aqīqah be distributed to non-Muslims?? Questioner: Brother from UK
Answer
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب
The ruling of the meat for ‘aqīqah is like that of the meat for Qurbānī; just how it is prohibited to give the meat of Qurbānī to a harbī non-Muslim[1], likewise it is also the case for giving the meat of ‘Aqīqah to a harbī non-Muslim – just as it is mentioned in Bahār-e-Sharī’at that one should not give Qurbānī meat to a non-Muslim as the non-Muslims here are harbī.
[Bahār-e-Sharī’at, vol 3, part 15, pg 345]
[1] A type of non-Muslim who is not under Islamic Law.
واللہ تعالی اعلم ورسولہ اعلم صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم
کتبہ ابو الحسن محمد قاسم ضیاء قادری
Answered by Mufti Qasim Zia al-Qadri
Translated by Haider Ali
Read the original Urdu answer here: [Q-ID0619] Can we give Aqiqah meat to non-Muslims?
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