Aqiqah invitation card: design, wording in Urdu and English, and a WhatsApp message

Aqiqah is the Sunnah of thanksgiving for a newborn: on the seventh day (or the fourteenth or twenty-first if the seventh is not possible) the family sacrifices an animal, shaves the baby's head, gives the weight of the hair in silver as charity and announces the name. Most scholars follow the hadith of two sheep or goats for a boy and one for a girl. The meat is shared with family, neighbours and the poor, and that meal is what the Aqiqah invitation card is for.

People search for it as aqiqah card, aqiqa card design, aqeeqah invitation message or aqiqah dawat card; the card is the same. Below is what to put on it, a few design notes and eight wordings you can copy into a digital Aqiqah card that each family opens on WhatsApp.

What an Aqiqah card says

• The baby's name, and if you like its meaning in one line: many families use the card to announce the name.
• The parents' names, and often the grandfather's name as host ('Mr. X and family').
• Day, date and time of the meal; most Aqiqahs are a lunch or an early dinner.
• The venue with a map button: a home address in a new society needs the block and street, not just the society name.
• A line asking for dua for the child, which is the real purpose of the gathering.
• A contact number or RSVP so the caterer knows how many to cook for, and a note if ladies and gents sit separately.

Aqiqah card design ideas

• Soft colours: sage, ivory, blush or a pale gold. An Aqiqah card should feel calm, not like a birthday party.
• A small crescent and star, a sprig of jasmine or a tiny footprint motif; no cartoons and no large photographs.
• No baby photo on the public card. If you want one for close family, put it on their private guest link only.
• Urdu and English side by side, so grandparents and younger cousins both read it comfortably.
• For a girl or a boy the colour does not have to follow pink or blue; a single palette for the whole family of cards looks better.

On Dawatnama, Noor suits a formal Aqiqah with an Islamic opening and a dua line, and Guriya suits a lighter family lunch with the baby's name large on the front. You can try Noor with your own names before paying anything.

Aqiqah invitation wording in Urdu

1. بیٹے کے لیے، رسمی: بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم۔ الحمدللہ، اللہ تعالیٰ نے ہمیں بیٹے [بچے کا نام] سے نوازا ہے۔ سنتِ نبوی ﷺ کے مطابق عقیقہ کی تقریب [دن، تاریخ] بروز [دن] بوقت [وقت] بمقام [جگہ] منعقد ہو رہی ہے۔ آپ سے التماس ہے کہ تشریف لا کر بچے کے لیے دعائے خیر فرمائیں۔ منجانب: [والد کا نام] و اہلِ خانہ

2. بیٹی کے لیے: اللہ تعالیٰ کے فضل و کرم سے ہمارے گھر بیٹی [بچی کا نام] کی ولادت ہوئی ہے۔ اس خوشی پر عقیقہ کی دعوت [تاریخ] کو [وقت] بجے [جگہ] پر رکھی گئی ہے۔ آپ کی شرکت اور دعائیں ہمارے لیے باعثِ برکت ہوں گی۔ دعاگو: [والدین کے نام]

3. مختصر: عقیقہ [بچے کا نام] ولد [والد کا نام]۔ [تاریخ]، [وقت]، [جگہ]۔ دعا کے لیے ضرور تشریف لائیں۔

Roman Urdu

4. Alhamdulillah, Allah ne hamein betay [naam] se nawaza hai. Sunnat ke mutabiq Aqiqah ki dawat [din, tareekh] ko [waqt] bajay [jagah] par hai. Aap tashreef la kar bachay ke liye dua karein. Manjanib: [walid ka naam] aur ghar wale.

5. Hamari beti [naam] ke Aqiqah par aap ka intezar rahega. [Tareekh], [waqt], [jagah]. Dua ki darkhwast hai. – [naam]

Aqiqah invitation in English

6. Formal: By the grace of Allah, we have been blessed with a son, [Name]. Following the Sunnah, we are holding his Aqiqah on [Day, Date] at [Time], [Venue]. We would be honoured by your presence and your prayers for him. [Parents' names] and family.

7. Warm: Our little [Name] has arrived, Alhamdulillah. Join us for her Aqiqah lunch on [Date] at [Time], [Venue], and keep her in your duas. With love, [Parents].

8. From the grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. [Name] invite you to the Aqiqah of their grandson [Name], son of [Parents], on [Date] at [Time], [Venue]. Please join us in praying for his long and blessed life.

Aqeeqah invitation message for WhatsApp

السلام علیکم! الحمدللہ ہمارے بیٹے [نام] کا عقیقہ [تاریخ] کو ہے۔ کارڈ، وقت اور لوکیشن اس لنک پر ہے: [لنک]۔ دعا کے لیے ضرور آئیے۔

Assalam o Alaikum! Alhamdulillah, [Name]'s Aqiqah is on [Date]. The card, time and location are here: [link]. Please come and pray for him. – [Name]

Keep the message to two lines and let the card carry the rest; more on timing and groups in sending your invitation on WhatsApp.

Sending an Aqiqah dawat card as a link

A digital Aqiqah card is one link. Each family can have its own private link with their name and the seats held for them, the map opens the venue in one tap, and if the time moves from lunch to dinner every link you already sent shows the new time. The card is Rs. 1,999, paid once, with three months of access; private links are an optional pack of 30, 120 or unlimited, listed on pricing. Changes are free.

Common questions

• Can we send the card after the Aqiqah is done? Yes, many families hold the meal a week or two later when relatives can come; the Sunnah day is for the sacrifice itself.
• Should the card say 'Aqiqah' or 'Aqeeqah'? Either is read the same; in Urdu it is always عقیقہ. Use one spelling on the card and the other in the WhatsApp message if you like.
• Can the baby's photo be on the card? On the private links for close family, yes. Keep it off the general link that gets forwarded.
• Ladies and gents separate? Write both venues or both times in the card's notes, and each guest's link can show the one that applies.

An Urdu Aqiqah sample is also in دعوت نامہ کیسے لکھیں. The next cards in a child's life are the Bismillah and Ameen ceremony invitation and the first birthday invitation card. For a Milad or dua at home, see Milad and Dua invitation wording.