It is narrated from Sayyiduna Laqit bin Sabirah (may Allah be pleased with him), who came with the delegation of the tribe of Banu al-Muntafiq. He said: My companion and I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he was not at home, so Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) fed us dates and porridge. He said: Only a short while had passed when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, walking with dignity, and asked: "Have you eaten something?" We said: Yes. While we were in that state, the shepherd came with a lamb (a young goat) in his hand. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "Has one been born?" He said: Yes. He asked: "What kind?" He said: A female. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Slaughter a sheep in its place." Then he turned to me and said: "Do not ever think that we slaughtered it on your account. Rather, we have a hundred sheep and we do not like their number to increase beyond that; so whenever the shepherd brings a newborn, we slaughter a sheep in its place." Ibn Jurayj said that in this sentence the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used the words "la tahsibanna" (with a kasrah under the sin), and did not say "la tahsabanna" (with a fathah).