Azami 7239

Tahawi related it in Sharh Mushkil (1042), and Bayhaqi (9/301), through the route of Abdul-Jabbar bin Ward Makki, who said, "I heard Ibn Abu Mulayka say," then he mentioned it. Its isnad is hasan, on account of Abdul-Jabbar bin Ward, for he is truthful with hasan hadith.Abdul-Razzaq related in his Musannaf (7956) from Ibn Jurayj, who said, "Yusuf bin Mahak informed us, saying, 'I and Ibn Mulayka went in to see Hafsa bint Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Bakr, who had given birth to a boy for Munzir bin Zubayr. I said, "Why did you not slaughter a camel for your son as an aqiqah?" She said, "Allah forbid. My aunt Ayesha used to say, for a boy two sheep, and for a girl one sheep."'" Its isnad is sahih.Ibn Qayyim said in Tuhfat Mawdud (pp. 136-137), "The jurists have differed over whether animals other than sheep can take their place for the aqiqah. Ibn Munzir said, 'They differed regarding performing the aqiqah with something other than sheep. It has been related to us from Anas bin Malik that he used to slaughter a camel as the aqiqah for his children. And from Abu Bakra, that he slaughtered a camel for his son Abdul-Rahman and fed the people of Basra with it.'"Then he related from Hasan, who said, 'Anas bin Malik used to slaughter a camel as the aqiqah for his children.' Then he mentioned, from the hadith of Yahya bin Yahya, 'Hushaym informed us, from Uyayna bin Abdul-Rahman, from his father, that when Abu Bakra's son Abdul-Rahman was born to him, and he was the first child born in Basra, he slaughtered a camel for him and fed the people of Basra with it.' Some others rejected this and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded two sheep for a boy, and one sheep for a girl, and it is not permissible to perform the aqiqah with anything other than that.'"Ibn Munzir said, 'Perhaps the argument of those who held that the aqiqah may be fulfilled with camels or cattle is the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, "With the boy is his aqiqah, so shed blood for him," for he did not specify one kind of blood over another, so whatever is slaughtered for the newborn, according to the apparent sense of this report, suffices.' He said, 'And one may say that this is general in meaning, while the statement of the Prophet ﷺ, "For a boy two sheep and for a girl one sheep," is specific, and the specific takes precedence over the general.'"Malik said, 'Sheep for the aqiqah are more beloved to me than cattle, and sheep in general are more beloved to me than camels, while for the hadi sacrifice, cattle and camels are more beloved to me than sheep, and camels for the hadi are more beloved to me than cattle.'"I say, there is another consideration in preferring sheep over camels, or the reverse, namely the welfare of those who will eat the meat. If they are many, then a camel is better, and if they are few, then a sheep is better, while also taking into account their preference in the type of meat."Is partnership permitted in the aqiqah as it is in the udhiya? The sahih position is that partnership is not valid in the aqiqah. Rather, the whole head must be dedicated entirely, even if the aqiqah is performed with a camel or a cow."