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It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shuaib, from his fahther, that his grandfather said:"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

اخبرنا احمد بن سليمان، قال حدثنا ابو نعيم، قال حدثنا داود بن قيس، عن عمرو بن شعيب، عن ابيه، عن جده، قال سيل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن العقيقة فقال " لا يحب الله عز وجل العقوق " . وكانه كره الاسم قال لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم انما نسالك احدنا يولد له . قال " من احب ان ينسك عن ولده فلينسك عنه عن الغلام شاتان مكافاتان وعن الجارية شاة " . قال داود سالت زيد بن اسلم عن المكافاتان قال الشاتان المشبهتان تذبحان جميعا