2841 — Abu Ma'mar 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr narrated to us, 'Abd al-Warith narrated to us, Ayyub narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas: that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, offered the 'aqiqah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn, a ram for each.

(1) Its chain of transmission is sound. Ibn al-Jarud selected it (911), and it was declared authentic by Ibn Hazm in "al-Muhalla" 7/530, and by 'Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbili in his "al-Ahkam al-Wusta" 4/141, and Ibn al-Qattan al-Fasi affirmed it, and it was also declared authentic by Ibn Daqiq al-'Id in "al-Iqtirah" p. 458, and Ibn Kathir in "Takhrij Ahadith al-Tanbih" 1/358. It was criticized as being interrupted (mursal), but that is of no consequence.

It was also narrated by Ibn Abi al-Dunya in "al-'Iyyal" (46), Ibn al-Jarud (911) and (912), al-Dulabi in "al-Dhurriyyah al-Tahirah" (105), al-Tahawi in "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" (1039), al-Tabarani in "al-Mu'jam al-Kabir" (11856), Abu Nu'aym in "Akhbar Asbahan" 2/151, Ibn Hazm in "al-Muhalla" 7/530, al-Bayhaqi 9/299 and 302, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr in "al-Tamhid" 4/314, via the path of 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, with this chain of transmission.

It was also narrated by 'Abd al-Razzaq (7962) from Ma'mar and Sufyan al-Thawri, from Ayyub, from 'Ikrimah: that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, offered the 'aqiqah for Hasan and Husayn with two rams. Thus they narrated it as interrupted (mursal).

It was also narrated by al-Nasa'i (4219) via the path of Ibrahim ibn Tahman, from al-Hajjaj ibn al-Hajjaj, from Qatadah, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, offered the 'aqiqah for al-Hasan and al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with them both, with two rams, two rams. Its chain of transmission was also declared authentic by Ibn Kathir in "Takhrij Ahadith al-Tanbih" 1/358.

This narration of Ibn Tahman could mean that he offered the 'aqiqah for each one with two rams, and for that reason it was repeated, and it could also mean that the repetition is for emphasis, and the two rams were for the two of them, on the basis that for each one a 'aqiqah was offered with one ram. This was noted by al-Sindi in his gloss on al-Nasa'i.

On this topic, there is also a narration from Anas ibn Malik recorded by al-Bazzar (1235 — Kashf al-Astar), Abu Ya'la (2945), al-Tahawi in "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" (1038), Ibn Hibban (5309), al-Tabarani in "al-Awsat" (1878), and Ibn 'Adi in "al-Kamil" in the biography of Jarir ibn=