{"_id":"684ca04b944fa810a183ebde","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What should one do if their newborn's hair cannot be safely shaved after birth?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Due to labor complications, there is a newborn boy who had caput succedaneum (swelling of the scalp). Would it be okay to not shave his head and instead just estimate the weight of his hair (so that we can donate its value in silver for the aqiqah)? If we can, what would be a reasonable estimate for the weight of a newborn's hair (he has a full head of hair)?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"It does not need to be done immediately. In fact, the Sunnah is to do the Aqiqah on the seventh day. By that time, the swelling is usually gone. If it remains, then it can be postponed to the fourteenth day.\\n\\nIf you wish to do the Aqiqah on the seventh day, it is also perfectly fine to postpone the shaving until the fourteenth day. They do not have to be performed on the same day.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":111},{"_id":"668da0260b76658b4c232f77","tag":"Aqiqah","count":11}],"createdOn":"2025-06-13T22:03:55.849Z"}