The response to the doubt about slaughtering two sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl in the Aqeeqah
Some malicious people raise a doubt that I did not find a sufficient answer to on the Internet, so I registered in this forum in order to convey what became clear to me after examining the subject carefully, on the authority
of Amr ibn Shu’ayb, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about ‘aqeeqah. He said: Allah does not like disobedience, and it was as if he disliked the name. He said: O Messenger of Allah, we are only asking you about one of us who has a child born to him. He said: Whoever wants to offer a sacrifice on behalf of his child, let him offer two sheep on behalf of the boy and one sheep on behalf of the girl.” Narrated by Abu Dawud (2842), al-Nasa’i (2/188), al-Tahawi (1/461), al-Hakim (4/238), al-Bayhaqi (9/300) and Ahmad (2/182-183, 194) on the authority of Dawud ibn Qays on his authority. Al-Hakim said: (Its chain of transmission is authentic). Al-Dhahabi agreed with him.
Sheikh Al-Albani, may God have mercy on him, said in Irwa’ Al-Ghaleel: I said: The disagreement regarding Amr bin Shu’aib is well-known and famous, and it is established that he is a good hadith narrator who can be relied upon. Ah, so
whoever looks into the hadith will see that the Sunnah is to sacrifice two sheep for the male, and one sheep for the female.
This extra sheep is not for differentiation and distinction between the sexes, but rather to take into account the right of the male in a matter that will be required of him in the future, which is slaughtering another sheep for the female upon marriage.
The Prophet, may God bless him and his family and grant them peace, ordered in the hadiths to have a feast with a sheep for the married man. On the authority
of Anas bin Malik, may God be pleased with him, he said: “Abd al-Rahman bin Awf came to Madinah, and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, made a brotherhood between him and Sa`d bin al-Rabi` al-Ansari. Sa`d was wealthy, so he said to Abd al-Rahman: I will divide my wealth with you in half and marry you. He said: May God bless you in your family and wealth. Show me the market. He did not return until he had some extra curds and fat, so he brought them to his family. We stayed for a while, or as long as God willed. Then he came back, and he was covered with a yellowish tinge. The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to him: What is it? He said: O Messenger of God, I married a woman from the Ansar. He said: What did you bring to her? He said: A date pit of gold or the weight of a date pit of gold. She said: Give a feast, even if it is…” With a sheep. Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Therefore, we see that this sheep remains in the responsibility of the male until he slaughters it.
The difference between the two matters is clear and obvious
. The aqeeqah does not make it known whether the newborn is male or female, and he does not eat from it at all.
However, when the male grows up , he must (instead of the Sunnah of the aqeeqah) slaughter a sheep - at least - as stated in the hadith: (even if it is a sheep).
Then, a feast is held for the female who was sacrificed with one sheep, so that she learns about it, understands it, eats from it and rejoices over it. The one who is obligated is the male, whom the objectors claim is the preferred one in Islam. The extra sheep is obligatory on his father, not on the female.
The difference is clear, and it is clear to anyone who has eyes that:
1- The female is compensated by the first sheep .
2- The sheep is not obligatory on her father, but on the one who is seen as the preferred one
. 3- The female eats from her sheep, and the male did not understand anything about his sheep.
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