Yahya related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from a man of
the Banu Damra that his father said, "The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked
about the Aqiqa. He said, 'I do not like disobedience (uquq),'
as if he disliked the name. He said, 'If anyone has a
child born to him, and wants to sacrifice for his child,
then let him do it.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad
that his father said, "Fatima, the daughter of the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm
Kulthum, and gave away in sadaqa an equivalent weight of
silver."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd
ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn said,
"Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan
and Husayn, and gave away in sadaqa the equivalent weight
in silver."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that if any of
Abdullah ibn Umar's family asked him for an aqiqa, he
would give it to them. He gave a sheep as aqiqa for both
his male and female children.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd
ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi
said, "I heard my father say that the aqiqa was desirable,
even if it was only a sparrow."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
that his father, Urwa ibn az-Zubayr made an aqiqa for his
male and female children of a sheep each.
Malik said, "What we do about the aqiqa is that if
someone makes an aqiqa for his children, he gives a sheep
for both male and female. The aqiqa is not obligatory but
it is desirable to do it, and people continue to come to
us about it. If someone makes an aqiqa for his children,
the same rules apply as with all sacrificial animals -
one-eyed, emaciated, injured, or sick animals must not be
used, and neither the meat or the skin is to be sold. The
bones are broken and the family eat the meat and give some
of it away as sadaqa. The child is not smeared with any of
the blood .''