[Machine] He used to deprive his mother with two brothers, so they said to him, "O Abu Sa'id, indeed Allah says, 'And if he has brothers [or sisters], for his mother is a sixth [share]' (Quran 4:11) and you are depriving her with two brothers?" He said, "Indeed, the Arabs designate the two brothers as siblings." So they said to him, "O Abu Sa'id, are you deluding us? They are only eight pairs of sheep, two by two, and from goats two by two, and from camels two by two, and from cows two by two." He said, "No, indeed Allah says, 'And (God) made from them a pair, the male and the female' (Quran 75:39), so they are two pairs. Each one of them is a pair, the male says 'pair' and the female says 'pair'."  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَحْجُبُ الْأُمَّ بِالْأَخَوَيْنِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ {فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلِأُمِّهِ السُّدُسُ} [النساء 11] وَأَنْتَ تَحْجُبُهَا بِأَخَوَيْنِ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْعَرَبَ تُسَمِّي الْأَخَوَيْنِ إِخْوَةً فَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَوَهِمْتَ؛ إِنَّمَا هِيَ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَزْوَاجٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ {فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنْثَى} [القيامة 39] فَهُمَا زَوْجَانِ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا زَوْجٌ يَقُولُ الذَّكَرُ زَوْجٌ وَالْأُنْثَى زَوْجٌ