أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ لَا يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْعُقُوقَ وَکَأَنَّهُ کَرِهَ الِاسْمَ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّمَا نَسْأَلُکَ أَحَدُنَا يُولَدُ لَهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُکَ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فَلْيَنْسُکْ عَنْهُ عَنْ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُکَافَأَتَانِ وَعَنْ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ قَالَ دَاوُدُ سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ الْمُکَافَأَتَانِ قَالَ الشَّاتَانِ الْمُشَبَّهَتَانِ تُذْبَحَانِ جَمِيعًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4227
It was narrated from ‘Amr bin Shuaib, from his father, that his grandfather said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم was asked about the ‘AqIqah and he said: ‘Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, does not like Al- ‘Aqiqah — as if he disliked the word (Al-’Aqiqah). He said to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ‘But one of us may offer a sacrifice when a child is born to him.’ He said: ‘Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice for his child, let him do so, for a boy; two sheep, Mukafa ‘atan, (of equal age), and for a girl, one.’ (One of the narrators) Dawud said: ‘I asked Zaid bin Aslam about the word Mukdfa’atan and he said: ‘Two similar sheep that are slaughtered together.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020