Aqiqa together with the walima

Question

Question: A man decided to slaughter a cow at a wedding for the walima (wedding feast) and to feed the members of the wedding procession with it. Someone advised him to make the intention of aqiqa in it as well, so he performed in the cow the aqiqa of three boys and one girl. Please inform us whether, according to the Shari‘a, this aqiqa is permissible or not.

Answer

If one buys a cow, takes several shares in it for aqiqa and makes the intention of walima in some share, and then slaughters it, this too is correct according to the Shari‘a; indeed, it is correct even in a cow for the sacrifice: [ar]قد علم أن الشرط قصد القربة من الكل، وشمل إلى ما لو كانت القربة واجبة على الكل أو البعض، اتفقت جهاتها أو لا، كالأضحية والإحصار، وكذا لو أراد بعضهم…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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