(21) باب فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ
Narrated Umm Kurz al-Ka'biyyah:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Two resembling sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. AbuDawud said: I heard Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) say: The Arabic word mukafi'atani means equal (in age) or resembling each other.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2834
In-book reference: Book 16, Hadith 47
English translation: Book 15, Hadith 2828