Qurbani & Aqiqah Cost Calculator

1. Choose Qurbani or Aqiqah

   Each has its own share/goat-count rules.

2. For Qurbani, pick the animal

   Goat/sheep is 1 share; cow/buffalo/camel splits up to 7 ways.

3. For Aqiqah, pick the baby's gender

   Common practice is 2 goats for a boy, 1 for a girl.

4. Enter the price

   See your share of the cost, or the total goats needed.

A goat or sheep counts as one share and stands for one person. A cow, buffalo or camel carries seven shares, which is why families and neighbours commonly buy a large animal together.

The shares in one large animal do not have to belong to one household. What matters is that each share is a full share — seven people, not eight sharing informally, because a part-share does not satisfy the obligation for anyone.

Qurbani and aqiqah are different occasions

Qurbani falls in the days of Eid al-Adha and is tied to that time. Aqiqah is for the birth of a child and is traditionally done on the seventh day, with the commonly cited practice of two animals for a boy and one for a girl. They are not interchangeable, and one animal generally cannot serve both intentions.

What the cost actually covers

The animal price quoted at the mandi is rarely the final figure. Transport, feed for the days before Eid, the butcher's fee and disposal of remains all add to it. Budgeting only the purchase price is how people end up short on the day.

Where this stops

This works out shares and totals from prices you supply. It cannot tell you whether an animal meets the conditions of age and soundness, and that is what decides whether the qurbani is valid at all — check the animal, not just the price.