Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person is invited (to a meal), he should accept it, and if he is fasting, he should pray for mercy (for the host), and if he is not fasting, he should eat the food."

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "If he is fasting, he should pray for mercy," means that he should make supplication, because 'as-salat' means supplication. Allah Almighty said to His beloved: "Take charity from their wealth to purify them and cleanse them with it, and pray for mercy for them. Indeed, your prayer is a source of tranquility for them." So, what is meant here is that you should supplicate for them. As for the concise narration, it is the narration that a companion has transmitted from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as an independent wording in which the words of the narration are general. However, the explanatory narration is the one that another companion has transmitted from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the same words along with an additional statement, which is not present in the narration transmitted by the first companion, to the extent that acting upon the narration with concise words is not possible until the narration with the additional words, which clarifies those words not present in the companion's narration, is acted upon. We have transmitted both the concise and detailed narrations in the book "Fusul Sunan" in the Sunan. Therefore, there is no need to collect all such narrations in this book, because we have pointed out what will suffice for the one whom Allah grants success and who reflects.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We used to perform the Friday prayer behind the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). After that, we would take a midday nap (qailulah). There was a woman among us who used to plant beets in her field. When Friday would come, she would pull out the beet roots and cook them in a pot. She would add a handful of barley to it and roast them, making a stew out of it. Sayyiduna Sahl says: After performing the Friday prayer, we would return to that woman. We would greet her with salam, and she would present the food before us, and we would eat it. Because of this food, we used to look forward to the day of Friday (hoping it would come soon).

Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: In the time of ignorance, it was customary that when people performed the ‘Aqiqah for a child, they would soak cotton with the blood of the ‘Aqiqah, and when they shaved the child’s head, they would place the cotton on the child’s head. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Instead of blood, you should apply khaluq (a specific type of fragrance).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two rams for the 'aqiqah of Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him).

Yusuf bin Mahak narrates: We presented ourselves before Sayyida Hafsa bint Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with her). We asked her about 'Aqiqah, so she informed us: Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) told her this: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: For a boy, two goats and for a girl, one goat (should be sacrificed for 'Aqiqah).

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: On the seventh day after the birth of Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) performed their 'aqiqah and named them. He ordered that the harmful thing (i.e., the hair) be removed from their heads.

Sayyida Umm Kuraz (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: She heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say regarding 'Aqiqah: For a boy, two goats should be sacrificed, and for a girl, one goat should be sacrificed. There is no harm whether it is a male or female goat.

Sayyida Umm Banu Karz (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) say regarding ‘Aqiqah: For a boy, two equal goats, and for a girl, one goat.

The narrator states: I asked him, i.e., ‘Ata, what is meant by“equal”? He replied: It means that both should be similar; however, if they are male goats, then in my view, they are preferable to female goats.