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Mishkat al-Masabih 4158

Chapter: The `Aqiqa - Section 3

Authentic graded by Al-Albani Mishkat al-Masabih 4158

Narrator:Buraydah

عَن بُريدةَ قَالَ: كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلَيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لِأَحَدِنَا غلامٌ ذَبَحَ شاةٌ ولطَّخَ رأسَه بدمه فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الْإِسْلَامُ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ الشَّاةَ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنُلَطِّخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد وَزَاد رزين: ونُسمِّيه

Buraida said:

When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period he sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Islam came we sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day, shaved his head and smeared it with saffron. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Razin added, “and gave him his name.”

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2843). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 4158).

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Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authenticصَحِيح The hadith تحقيق مشكاة المصابيح
Grades of other versions (4)
  • AuthenticAl-Albani حسن صحيح — صحيح أبي داود (2843)
  • Authentic chainAl-Albani إسناده صحيح — هداية الرواة (4086)
  • Abu Dawud سكت عنه [وقد قال في رسالته لأهل مكة كل ما سكت عنه فهو صالح — سنن أبي داود (2843)
  • Good chain (hasan)شعيب الأرناووط إسناده حسن — تخريج شرح السنة (11/269)

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 2843

When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period, we sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Allah brought Islam, we sacrificed a sheep, shaved his head and smeared his head with saffron.

كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لأَحَدِنَا غُلاَمٌ ذَبَحَ شَاةً وَلَطَخَ رَأْسَهُ بِدَمِهَا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالإِسْلاَمِ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ شَاةً وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنَلْطَخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ

Narrated by Buraydah

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