The Book of al-'Aqiqah

Amr ibn Shuaib reported from his father, from his grandfather: The Messenger of Allah was asked about the aqiqah and said: Allah, Mighty and Sublime, dislikes disobedience to parents (uquq)—as though he disliked the term aqiqah. The questioner clarified: We mean when one of us has a child. He said: Whoever wishes to offer a sacrifice for his child may do so: two comparable sheep for a boy and one for a girl. Dawud said: I asked Zayd ibn Aslam about “comparable”; he said they are two similar sheep slaughtered together.

Abdullah ibn Buraydah reported from his father that the Messenger of Allah offered the aqiqah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn.

Salman ibn Amir al-Dabbi reported that the Messenger of Allah said: A boy is due an aqiqah, so shed blood for him and remove harm from him.

Umm Kurz reported that the Messenger of Allah said: For a boy, two comparable sheep; for a girl, one sheep.

Umm Kurz reported that the Messenger of Allah said: For a boy, two comparable sheep; for a girl, one sheep.

Umm Kurz said: I came to the Prophet at al-Hudaybiyyah to ask about sacrificial meat and heard him say: Two sheep are offered for a boy and one for a girl; it does not matter whether the sheep are male or female.

Umm Kurz reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Two sheep for a boy and one for a girl; it does not matter whether they are male or female.

Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah offered an aqiqah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with them both, sacrificing two rams for each.

The Messenger of Allah said: Every boy is held in pledge for his aqiqah. An animal is sacrificed for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved, and he is given a name.

Habib ibn al-Shahid said: Muhammad ibn Sirin told me to ask al-Hasan from whom he heard the report about the aqiqah. I asked him, and he said: I heard it from Samurah.