[Machine] She asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the 'aqeeqah (sacrifice for a newborn). He said, "For a boy, two sheep are a reward, and for a girl, one sheep." I said to 'Ata', "What are the two rewards?" He said, "He mentioned the equal." Hajjaj said in his narration, "And the lamb is more beloved to me than the goat." And he mentioned that it is more beloved to me than its females. He said, "And we love for its blackness to be from it."  

أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ؟ فَقَالَتْ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافَأَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ مَا الْمُكَافَأَتَانِ؟ قَالَ الْمِثْلَانِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَالضَّأْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ وَذَكَرَ أَنَّهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ إِنَاثِهَا قَالَ وَنُحِبُّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهُ سَوَادَهَا مِنْهُ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Two sheep which resemble each other are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. Abu Dawud said: This is a sound tradition, and the tradition narrated by Sufyan is misunderstanding. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2836)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مِثْلَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ»  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say about 'Aqiqah, "For a boy, two equivalent sheep, and for a girl, one sheep." So I asked him, "Does it mean giving something in return for the two equivalent sheep?" He replied, "Yes, two males are more beloved to him than their females."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ «عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَعْنِي عَطَاءً مَا الْمُكَافِئَتَانِ؟ قَالَ مِثْلَانِ ذُكْرَانُهُمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ إِنَاثِهِمَا