Is it permissible to slaughter one animal as a sacrifice and an Aqeeqah (the sheep slaughtered on the seventh day from the child`s birth)?

Is it permissible to slaughter one animal as a sacrifice and an Aqeeqah (the sheep slaughtered on the seventh day from the child`s birth)?

Answer:


It is impermissible to do so since each of them is slaughtered for a different reason.

This answer was collected from the official government Iftaa Department of Jordan.

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