Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of al-'Aqiqah

“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.

the Messenger of Allah offered the ‘Aqiqah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain.

“For a boy there shoud be an ‘Aqiqah, so shed blood for him, and remove the harm from him.”

“for a boy two sheep, Mukafaatan (of equal age), and for a girl, one sheep.”

“For a boy two sheep, Mukafaatan (of equal age), and for a girl, one sheep,

“I came to the Prophet and asked him about the sacrificial meat. I heard him say: ‘For a boy, two sheep, and for a girl, one sheep, and it does not matter if they are male or female.”‘

“For a boy, two sheep, and or a girl, one sheep, and it does not matter if they are male or female

“The Messenger of Allah offered an ‘Aqiqah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain, may Allah be please with them, two rams for each.”

“Every boy is in pledge for his ‘Aqiqah, so slaughter (the animal) for him on the seventh day, and shave his head, and a name”

“Muhammad bin Sirin said to me: ‘Ask Al-Hasan (Al-Basri) from whom he heard this Hadith about the ‘Aqiqah.’ I asked him about that and he said: ‘I heard it from Samurh.”‘