How do we reconcile his statement (peace and blessings be upon him), “Two sheep are slaughtered for a boy,” with his slaughtering a single sheep on behalf of each of al-Hasan and al-Husayn?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: It is authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that in the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), he said, “Two sheep are slaughtered for a boy, and one sheep for a girl.” So how do we reconcile this, given that he slaughtered a sheep on behalf of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), and likewise on behalf of al-Husayn?
Answer:
No, my brother, he slaughtered two sheep for al-Hasan and two sheep for al-Husayn. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. This questioner says: It is authentically reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that in the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), he said, “Two sheep are slaughtered for a boy, and one sheep for a girl.” So how do we reconcile this, given that he slaughtered a sheep on behalf of al-Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), and likewise on behalf of al-Husayn?
Answer:
No, my brother, he slaughtered two sheep for al-Hasan and two sheep for al-Husayn. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1271] كيف نُوفِّق بين قوله ﷺ «يُذبحُ للغُلام شاتان» وذبحه شاةً واحدةً عن كلّ من الحسن والحسين؟ — youtube.com
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