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nasai:4212Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Nuʿaym > Dāwud b. Qays > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"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.  

النسائي:٤٢١٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ ﷻ الْعُقُوقَ وَكَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الاِسْمَ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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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nasai-kubra:4523Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Abū Nuʿaym > Dāwud b. Qays > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"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. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4212)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ قَالَ «لَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ الْعُقُوقَ» كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الِاسْمَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا نَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَحَدِنَا يُولَدُ لَهُ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْ وَلَدِهِ فَلْيَنْسُكْ عَنْهُ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافِأَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ» قَالَ دَاوُدُ سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ عَنِ الْمُكَافِأَتَانِ قَالَ الشَّاتَانِ الْمُشْتَبِهَتَانِ تُذْبَحَانِ جَمِيعًا  

bayhaqi:19274Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > al-Qaʿnabī > Dāwud b. Qays > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "Narrated by Muhammad ibn Sulaiman Al-Anbari, from Abdul-Malik ibn Amr, from Dawud, from Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Prophet ﷺ was asked about 'Aqiqah (sacrificial offering for a newborn). He replied: "Allah does not like disobedience, as if He hates the name. And whoever is blessed with a child and wishes to offer a sacrifice for him, let him present two sheep as a reward for a boy and one sheep for a girl."  

البيهقي:١٩٢٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَقَالَ لَا يُحِبُّ اللهُ الْعُقُوقَ كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الِاسْمَ وَقَالَ مَنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْسُكَ عَنْهُ فَلْيَنْسُكْ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافَأَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ