71 - THE BOOK OF AL-'AQIQA

English translation

5467. Narrated Abū Mūsā' رضي الله عنه: A son was born to me and I took him to the Prophet ﷺ who named him Ibrahim, did Tahnik for him with a date, invoked Allāh to bless him and returned him to me. (The narrator added: That was Abū Mūsā's eldest son.)

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5467 - حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَمَّاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَحَنَّكَهُ بِتَمْرَةٍ، وَدَعَا لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، وَدَفَعَهُ إِلَيَّ»، وَكَانَ أَكْبَرَ وَلَدِ أَبِي مُوسَى

English translation

5468. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها: A boy was brought to the Prophet ﷺ to do Tahnik for him, but the boy urinated on him, whereupon the Prophet ﷺ had water poured on the place of urine.

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5468 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: «أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِصَبِيٍّ يُحَنِّكُهُ، فَبَالَ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَتْبَعَهُ المَاءَ»

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5469. Narrated Asmā' bint Abū Bakr رضي الله عنها: I conceived 'Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair at Makkah and went out (of Makkah) while I was about to give birth. I came to Al-Madīna and encamped at Qubā', and gave birth at Qubā'. Then I brought the child to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and placed it (on his lap). He asked for a date, chewed it, and put his saliva in the mouth of the child. So the first thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. Then he did its Tahnik with a (1) (Book 71) Al-'Aqiqa: Aqiqa is the sacrificing of one or two sheep on the occasion of the birth of a child, as a token of gratitude to Allāh (two sheep for a male child and one sheep for the female child). (2) (Chap. 1) Tahnik is the process of chewing some sweet food (e.g., dates or honey and inserting it into the baby's mouth and rubbing its chin to train it to eat, and pronouncing Adhān in the ear of a baby, and giving name to the child. date, and invoked Allāh to bless him. It was the first child born in the Islāmic era, therefore they (Muslims) were very happy with its birth, for it had been said to them that the Jews had bewitched them, and so they would not bring any offspring.

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5469 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بِمَكَّةَ، قَالَتْ: فَخَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا مُتِمٌّ، فَأَتَيْتُ المَدِينَةَ فَنَزَلْتُ قُبَاءً، فَوَلَدْتُ بِقُبَاءٍ، ثُمَّ «أَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَضَغَهَا، ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَيْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ» وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، فَفَرِحُوا بِهِ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا، لِأَنَّهُمْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ اليَهُودَ قَدْ سَحَرَتْكُمْ فَلاَ يُولَدُ لَكُمْ

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5470. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Abū Ṭalḥa had a child who was sick. The child died, when Abu Ṭalḥa had gone out. When Abū Ṭalḥa returned home, he asked, "How does my son fare?" Umm Sulaim (his wife) replied, "He is quieter than he has ever been." Then she brought supper for him and he took his supper and slept with her. When he had finished, she said (to him), "Burry the child (as he's dead)." Next morning Abū Ṭalḥa came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and told him about that. The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), "Did you sleep with your wife last night?" Abū Ṭalḥa said, "Yes". The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allāh! Bestow your blessing on them as regards that night of theirs." Then (later on) Umm Sulaim gave birth to a boy. Abū Ṭalḥa told me to take care of the child till he was taken to the Prophet ﷺ. Abū Ṭalḥa took the child to the Prophet ﷺ and Umm Sulaim sent some dates along with the child. The Prophet ﷺ took the child (on his lap) and asked if there was something with him. They replied, "Yes, a few dates". The Prophet ﷺ took a date, chewed it, took some of it out of his mouth, put it into the child's mouth and did Tahnik for him with that, and named him 'Abdullāh.

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5470 - حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرُ بْنُ الفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنٌ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ يَشْتَكِي، فَخَرَجَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ، فَقُبِضَ الصَّبِيُّ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ، قَالَ: مَا فَعَلَ ابْنِي، قَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ: هُوَ أَسْكَنُ مَا كَانَ، فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ العَشَاءَ فَتَعَشَّى، ثُمَّ أَصَابَ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَتْ: وَارُوا الصَّبِيَّ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ: «أَعْرَسْتُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمَا» فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا، قَالَ لِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ: احْفَظْهُ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَرْسَلَتْ مَعَهُ بِتَمَرَاتٍ، فَأَخَذَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «أَمَعَهُ شَيْءٌ؟» قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، تَمَرَاتٌ، فَأَخَذَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَضَغَهَا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مِنْ فِيهِ، فَجَعَلَهَا فِي فِي الصَّبِيِّ وَحَنَّكَهُ بِهِ، وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، وَسَاقَ الحَدِيثَ

English translation

5471. Narrated Salman bin 'Amir Ad-Dabbi, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Aqiqa is to be offered for a (newly born) boy.

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5471 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ: «مَعَ الغُلاَمِ عَقِيقَةٌ» وَقَالَ حَجَّاجٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ، وَقَتَادَةُ، وَهِشَامٌ، وَحَبِيبٌ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَالَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، وَهِشَامٍ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ، عَنِ الرَّبَابِ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الضَّبِّيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَوْلَهُ، وَقَالَ أَصْبَغُ: أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلْمَانُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الضَّبِّيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَعَ الغُلاَمِ عَقِيقَةٌ، فَأَهْرِيقُوا عَنْهُ دَمًا، وَأَمِيطُوا عَنْهُ الأَذَى» حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ، قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي ابْنُ سِيرِينَ: أَنْ أَسْأَلَ الحَسَنَ: مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ حَدِيثَ العَقِيقَةِ؟ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ: «مِنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ»

English translation

5472. Narrated Salman bin 'Amir Ad-Dabbi: I heard Allāh's Messenger ﷺ saying, " 'Aqiqa is to be offered for a (newly born) boy, so slaughter (an animal) for him, and relieve him of his suffering." [Note: It has been quoted in Fath Al-Bārī that the majority of the religious scholars agrees to the Hadīth reported in Ṣaḥīḥ At-Tirmidhī that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about 'Aqiqa and he ordered two sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl and that is his Sunna (legal way of 'Aqiqa). Narrated Habib bin Ash-Shahid: Ibn Sirin told me to ... Hasan from whom he had heard the narration of Al-Aqiqa. I asked him and he said, "From Samura bin Jundab."

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٥٤٧٢ - حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ: حَدَّثَنَا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ الشَّهِيدِ قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي ابْنُ سِيرِينَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ الْحَسَنَ مِمَّنْ سَمِعَ حَدِيثَ الْعَقِيقَةِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: مِنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ.

English translation

5473. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Neither Fara' nor Atira (is permissible)". Al-Fara' was the first offspring (of camels or sheep) which Al-Mushrikūn used to offer (as a sacrifice) to their idols. And Al-Atira was (a sheep which used to be slaughtered) during the month of Rajab.

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5473 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ المُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لاَ فَرَعَ وَلاَ عَتِيرَةَ» وَالفَرَعُ: أَوَّلُ النِّتَاجِ، كَانُوا يَذْبَحُونَهُ لِطَوَاغِيتِهِمْ، وَالعَتِيرَةُ فِي رَجَبٍ

English translation

5474. Narrated Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Neither Fara' nor Atira (is permissible)". Al-Fara' was the first offspring (they got of camels or sheep) which they (Mushrikūn) used to offer (as a sacrifice) to their idols. Atira was (a sheep which used to be slaughtered) during the month of Rajab. (1) (Chap. 3) Al-Fara' may mean one of three things: (a) The first offspring of camels or sheep which the people of the pre-Islāmic era used to offer to their idols. (b) A sacrifice which they used to offer when one's camels became of the number, one wished them to be. (c) A meal given on the occasion on the birth of camels. (2) (Chap. 4) Al-Atira was a sacrifice which Al-Mushrikūn used to offer to their idols during the month of Rajab.

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5474 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ المُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لاَ فَرَعَ وَلاَ عَتِيرَةَ» قَالَ: " وَالفَرَعُ: أَوَّلُ نِتَاجٍ كَانَ يُنْتَجُ لَهُمْ، كَانُوا يَذْبَحُونَهُ لِطَوَاغِيَتِهِمْ، وَالعَتِيرَةُ فِي رَجَبٍ "