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tabarani:11327Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Abān > ʿImrān b. ʿUyaynah ʿUqbah > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, "For the boy, two sheep are to be slaughtered as 'Aqiqah, and for the girl, one sheep is to be slaughtered as 'Aqiqah."  

الطبراني:١١٣٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ ثنا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ «عَنِ الْغُلَامِ عقيقتانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ عَقِيقَةٌ»  


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ahmad:6737ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith al-Makkī > al-Aslamī / ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to sacrifice two sheep for a boy’s ‘Aqiqah and one sheep for a girl.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3163)   

أحمد:٦٧٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْمَكِّيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَسْلَمِيُّ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنِ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

عَقَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَيْنِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةً  

ahmad:27143ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Sibāʿ b. Thābitʿan Um Kurz

"For a boy two sheep, Mukafaatan (of equal age), and for a girl, one sheep, (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4216)   

أحمد:٢٧١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سِبَاعُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍعَنْ أُمِّ كُرْزٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مِثْلَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ