They asked, "Messenger of Allah, what about the firstborn offspring?"He replied, "It is a duty. But if you leave it until it grows into a young camel, then load it for use in the cause of Allah or give it to a widow, that is better than slaughtering it so that its flesh sticks to its hair, while you turn over your vessel and leave your she-camel grieving for her young."They asked, "Messenger of Allah, and what about the Ati sacrifice?"He answered, "The Ati sacrifice is a duty."
قالوا: يا رسول الله، الفرع؟ قال: حق، فإن تركته حتى يكون بكرا فتحمل عليه في سبيل الله، أو تعطيه أرملة خير من أن تذبحه فيلصق لحمه بوبره فتكفى إناءك وتوله ناقتك قالوا: يا رسول الله، فالعتيرة؟ قال: العتيرة حق.
Narrated by Abu Dawud (2842), Nasai (4225), Imam Ahmad (6713), and Hakim (4/236), all of them via the route of Dawud bin Qays, who said, "I heard Amr bin Shuayb narrating from his father from his grandfather Abdullah bin Amr," and he mentioned it. The wording of the main text follows Nasai, and Hakim's version is similar, but he did not mention the atirah, while Abu Dawud and Ahmad added the hadith about aqiqah at the beginning.A note, the printed chain of Nasai appears as follows, he said, "I heard Amr bin Shuayb bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Amr from his father," and Zayd bin Aslam, they both said, and he mentioned it. The second occurrence of "from his father" was dropped from it, and it is confirmed as it appears in Tuhfat Ashraf (6/313), and what is meant by it is the companion Abdullah bin Amr. As for the route through Zayd bin Aslam, it is mursal. As for the chain through Abdullah bin Amr, it is hasan because of Amr bin Shuayb, for his hadith is hasan.As for his statement, "until it becomes a bakr," the bakr, with a fatha, is the young one among camels, comparable to a young boy among people. In the wording of Abu Dawud and Ahmad, there is an addition, "until it becomes a bakr shaghzab, an ibn makhad or an ibn labun." Khattabi said, "This is how Abu Dawud narrated it, but it is a mistake, and the correct version is 'until it becomes a bakr zakhrab,' meaning the thick, sturdy one. This is how Abu Dawud and others narrated it." He said, "It appears that the letter zay was substituted with sin because of how close their points of articulation are, and the kha was substituted with ghayn because of how close their points of articulation are, so it became 'saghrab,' and then some narrators corrupted it and said 'shaghzab.'" End of quote.Ibn makhad is one that has completed one year and entered its second. Ibn labun is one that has completed two years and entered its third.As for his statement, "so its flesh sticks to its fur," this means the flesh of the young one, that is, the calf of the she-camel, sticks to its fur because it is scant and not fattened.As for his statement, "so you overturn your vessel," this means you turn your vessel upside down, because you will have no milk left to milk into it.As for his statement, "and you make your she-camel forlorn," with the doubling of the lam, Khattabi said, "This means you cause her to grieve over her young one," its root coming from waleh, which is the loss of one's senses from the loss of a child. End of quote.