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Sunan an-Nasai 4212 (Book 40, Hadith 1) #18745
The Significance of Aqiqah

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was asked about the Aqiqah and he instructed that two sheep should be sacrificed for a boy and one sheep for a girl.

It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shuaib, from his fahther, that his grandfather said: "The messenger of Allah was asked about the 'Aqiqah and he said: "Allah, the mighty and sublime, does not like Al-Uquq' as if he disliked the word (Al-Aqiqah). He said to the Messenger of Allah: '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, Mukafaatan, (of equal age), and for a girl, one'. (One of the narrators) Dawud said: 'I asked Ziad bin Aslam about the word Mukafaatan and he said: 'Two similar sheep that are slaughtered together.
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 عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْعُقُوقَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَكَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الاِسْمَ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا نَسْأَلُكَ أَحَدُنَا يُولَدُ لَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فَلْيَنْسُكْ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْغُلاَمِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافَأَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ دَاوُدُ سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ الْمُكَافَأَتَانِ قَالَ الشَّاتَانِ الْمُشَبَّهَتَانِ تُذْبَحَانِ جَمِيعًا

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sacrifice  *  sheep  *  slaughter  *  aqiqah

QUICK LESSONS:
Offer sacrifice at birth of children as an act of gratitude towards Allah's blessings upon us

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Islamic practice of Aqiqah which is performed when a child is born. It was narrated by 'Amr bin Shuaib from his father who heard it from his grandfather that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that Allah does not like Al-Uquq'. When asked what to do in such cases, he instructed to offer two sheep for boys and one sheep for girls as sacrifice. The term Mukafaatan refers to two similar age sheep slaughtered together. This hadith emphasizes on offering sacrifice at birth of children as an act of gratitude towards Allah's blessings upon us. It also teaches us to be thankful for all our blessings in life no matter how small they may seem.

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