(21) باب فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ
Narrated Umm Kurz:
I heard the Prophet (nay peace be upon him) say: Let the birds stay in their roosts. She said: I also heard him say: Two sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl, but it does you no harm whether they are male or female. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 2835 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 16, Hadith 48 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 15, Hadith 2829 (DE)