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4217. It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, that his grandfather said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about the 'Aqīqah and he said: 'Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, does not like Al-'Uqūq' - as if he disliked the word (Al-'Aqīqah). He said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: '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, Mukāfa'atān, (of equal age), and for a girl, one.' (One of the narrators) Dāwūd said: 'I asked Zaid bin Aslam about the word Mukāfa'atān and he said: 'Two similar sheep that are slaughtered together.'" (Hasan)
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1. 'As if he disliked the word' means he did not like the term 'Uqūq as has already been explained by the transmitter. The expression 'Uqūq means disobedience. It is not a good term.
2. Sacrificing two sheep in Aqīqah if the baby is male and one sheep if the baby
is female is an agreed upon matter; there is no vagueness in it. In the matter of inheritance also, there is a difference in the matter of male and female heirs.
