The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to do ʿAqīqah with one sheep for a girl and two sheep for a boy, and he commanded us to offer a sheep for every five sheep as a charitable offering.
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نُعِقَّ عَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةً وَعَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَيْنِ وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْفَرَعِ مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِ شِيَاهٍ شَاةٌ
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to sacrifice two sheep for a boy’s ‘Aqiqah and one sheep for a girl.”
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَعُقَّ عَنِ الْغُلاَمِ شَاتَيْنِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةً
"For a boy two sheep, Mukafaatan (of equal age), and for a girl, one sheep, (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4216)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مِثْلَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to offer a sheep for every five sheep as a charitable offering, and he commanded us to do ʿAqīqah with one sheep for a girl and two sheep for a boy.
أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْفَرَعِ مِنْ كُلِّ خَمْسِ شِيَاهٍ شَاةٌ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَعُقَّ عَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةً وَعَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَيْنِ