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If it is argued: His offering an ‘aqīqah sacrifice of one ram each for al-Hasan and al-Husayn indicates (1) that his practice was to offer one animal for each child. ‘Abd al-Haqq (2) graded as authentic the reports of Ibn ‘Abbās and Anas that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, offered one ram for al-Hasan and one ram for al-Husayn (3). Al-Hasan was born in the year of the Battle of Uhud, and al-Husayn the following year.

Al-Tirmidhī (4) narrated from ‘Alī, who said: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, offered a sheep as an ‘aqīqah sacrifice for al-Hasan and said: ‘O Fātimah, shave his head and give the weight of his hair in silver as charity.’” He said: “We weighed it, and its weight was a dirham or a fraction of a dirham.” Although this report’s chain of transmission is not continuous, the reports of Anas and Ibn ‘Abbās suffice.

They said: Moreover, since it is a sacrificial rite, one animal should be offered for each person, as with the Eid sacrifice and the sacrifice for tamattu‘ Hajj.

The answer is that the hadiths prescribing two sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl are more deserving of being followed, for several reasons:

(1) “Kabshin yadullu” (“a ram indicates”) is absent from manuscript ك. (2) In al-Ahkām al-Wustā (4/141–142). (3) Narrated by Abū Dāwūd (2841) and Ibn al-Jārūd (911) from Ibn ‘Abbās, and graded authentic by Ibn Hazm in al-Muhallā (7/530) and Ibn al-Mulaqqin in al-Badr al-Munīr (9/340). The report from Anas was narrated by Ibn Hibbān (5309) and al-Bayhaqī (9/299). Both reports are authentic. See al-Irwā’ (4/379). (4) No. 1519. Its chain of transmission contains a break, because Muhammad ibn ‘Alī al-Bāqir did not live in ‘Alī’s lifetime. There is also Ibn Ishāq’s ‘an‘anah (transmission using “from,” without explicitly stating direct hearing). However, a corroborating report from Ibn ‘Abbās, may Allah be pleased with him and his father, strengthens this hadith. Al-Tirmidhī graded it hasan (good). See al-Irwā’ (4/383).
فصل فإن قيل: عَقُّه عن الحسن والحسين بكبشٍ كبشٍ يدلُّ (١) على أنَّ هديه أنَّ على الرَّأس رأسًا، وقد صحَّح عبد الحقِّ (٢) من حديث ابن عبَّاسٍ وأنس أنَّ النبيَّ ﷺ عقَّ عن الحسن بكَبْشٍ، وعن الحسين بكَبْشٍ (٣). وكان مولد الحسن في عام أُحدٍ، والحسين في العام القابل منه. وروى الترمذي (٤) من حديث علي عنه قال: عَقَّ رسول الله ﷺ عن الحسن بشاةٍ، وقال: «يا فاطمةُ احْلِقي رأسَه، وتصدَّقي بزنةِ شعره فضَّةً»، قال: فوزنَّاه، فكان وزنه درهمًا أو بعضَ درهمٍ. وهذا وإن لم يكن إسناده متَّصلًا فحديث أنس وابن عبَّاسٍ يكفيان. قالوا: ولأنَّه نُسكٌ، فكان عن الرَّأس مثله، كالأضحيَّة ودم التَّمتُّع. فالجواب: أنَّ أحاديث الشَّاتين عن الذَّكر والشَّاة عن الأنثى أولى أن يؤخذ بها لوجوهٍ:
(١) «كبش يدل» ليست في ك. (٢) في «الأحكام الوسطى» (٤/ ١٤١، ١٤٢). (٣) رواه أبو داود (٢٨٤١) وابن الجارود (٩١١) من حديث ابن عباس، وصححه ابن حزم في «المحلى» (٧/ ٥٣٠) وابن الملقن في «البدر المنير» (٩/ ٣٤٠). وأما حديث أنس فرواه ابن حبان (٥٣٠٩) والبيهقي (٩/ ٢٩٩). وهما صحيحان. انظر: «الإرواء» (٤/ ٣٧٩). (٤) برقم (١٥١٩)، في إسناده انقطاع؛ لأنَّ محمد بن علي الباقر لم يدرك عليًّا، وأيضا عنعنة ابن إسحاق. لكن للحديث شاهد يقويه عن ابن عباس ﵄، والحديث حسنه الترمذي. وانظر: «الإرواء» (٤/ ٣٨٣).

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