19/16. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1513 — Aqiqah for a Boy and Girl
What Has Been Related About The 'Aqiqah
Aqiqah Hadith: Two Sheep for Boy, One for Girl
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1513
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1513
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَاهَكَ، أَنَّهُمْ دَخَلُوا عَلَى حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَسَأَلُوهَا عَنِ الْعَقِيقَةِ، فَأَخْبَرَتْهُمْ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَمَرَهُمْ عَنِ الْغُلاَمِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَأُمِّ كُرْزٍ وَبُرَيْدَةَ وَسَمُرَةَ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَأَنَسٍ وَسَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَحَفْصَةُ هِيَ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ .
Yusuf bin Mahak Narrated from:
Narrated Yusuf bin Mahak: They Entered Upon Hafsah Bint 'Abdur-Rahman To Ask Her About The 'Aqiqah. She Informed Them That 'Aishah Had Informed Her, That The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Ordered Them That For A Boy, Two Sheep Were Sufficient, And For A Girl One Sheep.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1513In-book reference : Book 19, Hadith 24English translation : Vol. 3, Book 17, Hadith 1513
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1513
Hadith 1513 is about Aqiqah. Yusuf bin Mahak says they asked Hafsah bint Abdur-Rahman about Aqiqah, and she reported from Aishah that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered two sufficient sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl. For readers searching aqiqah for boy and girl, two sheep for boy one for girl hadith, or Aishah aqiqah hadith, this narration gives the number plainly. It does not discuss timing, naming, or distribution. The focus is the amount mentioned for a newborn boy and a newborn girl, as transmitted through this report. This keeps the reader close to the actual words of the narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith gives two sheep for a boy’s Aqiqah.
- It gives one sheep for a girl’s Aqiqah.
- The report comes through Aishah as told to Hafsah.
- The narration focuses on the number of sheep, not other details.
