Aqeeqah is Sunna of Mohammad PBUH on fathers. It is the Islamic tradition to sacrifice an animal on the occasion of a child’s birth. It is prescribed to slaughter two sheep for a newborn boy and one sheep for a girl.
Under project Aqeeqah, Islamic Relief Afghanistan reached to 572 needed families in eastern region consisting Khewa, Behsood, Sorkhrod districts and city of Jalalabad. A number of 260 sheep have sacrificed and 5kg fresh meat package distributed to needy people, disables, widows, orphans, IDPs and Returnees in mentioned areas.