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The aqiqah is sunnah and mustahabb; it is not obligatory at all, so there is no sin on the one who does not do it. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] According to a hadith in Muwatta Imam Malik , Fatima donated, in silver equivalent, the shaved-hair weight of her children Hasan, Husayn, Umm Kulthum and Zaynab.
The Arabic word ḥanak (حنك), pl. aḥnāk (احناك), means 'palate', from which the word taḥnīk (تَحْنِيكِ) is derived. [ 4 ] During the lifetime of Muhammad , Muslims would bring their newborns for him to perform taḥnīk upon them.