حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَائٍ عَنْ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ کُرْزٍ الْکَعْبِيَّةِ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ عَنْ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُکَافِئَتَانِ وَعَنْ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ قَالَ مُکَافِئَتَانِ أَيْ مُسْتَوِيَتَانِ أَوْ مُقَارِبَتَانِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2834
Narrated Umm Kurz al-Kabiyyah: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Two resembling sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) say: The Arabic word mukafiAtani means equal (in age) or resembling each other.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020