قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ أَصْحَابَنَا يَطْلُبُونَ الْعَقِيقَةَ إِذَا كَانَ إِبَّانُ تَقْدَمُ الْأَعْرَابُ فَيَجِدُونَ الْفُحُولَةَ وَ إِذَا كَانَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ الْإِبَّانِ لَمْ تُوجَدْ فَتَعِزُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ شَاةُ لَحْمٍ لَيْسَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُضْحِيَّةِ يُجْزِئُ مِنْهَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Abbas Bin Marouf, from Safwan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Minhal Al Qammat who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Our companions are seeking the <span class="iTxt">Aqeeqa</span> when the Bedouins come over, so they are finding the stallions; and when it is other than that they cannot find it, and it is a (heavy) cost upon them’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather, it is a sheep, flesh which is not at the status of the sacrificial animal (during Hajj). Everything suffices from it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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