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Aqiqah Laws Apart from Goats 𝘈𝘧𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘪, 𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘲𝘪𝘲𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘪 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪, 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘬𝘢 𝘯 ?  Answer By: Ahmad Syahrin Thoriq Scholars agree that the animal that may be used to provide aqiqahi for a born child is a goat or sheep, based on a hadith: مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْهُ فَلْيَنْس ُكْ عَنِ الْغُلاَمِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ ش َاةٌ "Whoever has a child and wants to slaughter for the birth of his child, he should do so, two equal goats for a boy and one goat for a girl." (HR. Abu Daud) So what if the animal is replaced with something other than a goat? If the animal in question is of a type that is not "bahimatul An'am", namely camels and cows, such as being replaced with chickens, ducks, geese or rabbits, scholars agree that it is invalid.  However, if it is replaced w