My first grandson Kadeem was on holiday at Camber Sands, Rye, Sussex, UK recently
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Aqiqah
http://www.aqiqahkorban.com/aqiqah.html
http://www.hidaya.org/social-welfare/charity-at-the-time-of-child-birth/
My third grandson recently had his hair shaved (Malay = bercukur) (http://atuklias.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-hair-cutting.html) and in reality that should have been done with the aqiqah but circumstances was that it could not be done.
So the family decided that the aqiqah was to be done in the village (Malay = kampong) on Friday 23 Aug. 2008 (nothing really significant about the date, but it was just a convenient date for all the family members to attend) where I come from so that all the family could gather (together) for the occasion. It was really a combination of family gathering and an obligatory Muslim religious ceremony.
Being a male,
my grandson needed 2 sheep of 1 year old (at least) and in good condition. This we procured in the kampong; a relative sold us 2 sheep at a very reasonable price.
And we slaughtered it. (Caution: I advice caution, the photo is not for the weak heart or those who fear blood).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Family/kampong220808025.jpg
And we invited our nearest neighbours in the village (Malay = kampong) to share the aqiqah meat, and that night we had the basic religious ceremony,
ceremonies that we as Muslims only know how. May be strange to some people but those are what we know.
And we also read verses from the Koraan that night and made dua (doa)
for the good fortune and good health of the babies (there were two babies involved, one was my third grandson and another the granddaughter of my wife’s uncle. She being a female needed only one animal and they slaughtered a goat)
The ceremony and the dua (doa) ended well past the early Isha (Isha) prayers time.
Note: Those two chairs on the dias (in the video)? Those were for a ‘bersanding’ ceremony the next day for my wife’s cousion’s wedding.
All related and relatives are welcome to post.
http://www.hidaya.org/social-welfare/charity-at-the-time-of-child-birth/
My third grandson recently had his hair shaved (Malay = bercukur) (http://atuklias.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-hair-cutting.html) and in reality that should have been done with the aqiqah but circumstances was that it could not be done.
So the family decided that the aqiqah was to be done in the village (Malay = kampong) on Friday 23 Aug. 2008 (nothing really significant about the date, but it was just a convenient date for all the family members to attend) where I come from so that all the family could gather (together) for the occasion. It was really a combination of family gathering and an obligatory Muslim religious ceremony.
Being a male,
my grandson needed 2 sheep of 1 year old (at least) and in good condition. This we procured in the kampong; a relative sold us 2 sheep at a very reasonable price.
And we slaughtered it. (Caution: I advice caution, the photo is not for the weak heart or those who fear blood).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/mylias/Family/kampong220808025.jpg
And we invited our nearest neighbours in the village (Malay = kampong) to share the aqiqah meat, and that night we had the basic religious ceremony,
ceremonies that we as Muslims only know how. May be strange to some people but those are what we know.
And we also read verses from the Koraan that night and made dua (doa)
for the good fortune and good health of the babies (there were two babies involved, one was my third grandson and another the granddaughter of my wife’s uncle. She being a female needed only one animal and they slaughtered a goat)
The ceremony and the dua (doa) ended well past the early Isha (Isha) prayers time.
Note: Those two chairs on the dias (in the video)? Those were for a ‘bersanding’ ceremony the next day for my wife’s cousion’s wedding.
All related and relatives are welcome to post.
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