Darussalam · Volume 3
15. The Book Of JihādSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 26
Source no. 2563 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجاه)
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2563. It was reported from Hishām bin Zaid, from Anas who said: "I came to the Prophet ﷺ with a brother of mine when he was born to perform Tahnik for him. I found him in sheep pen branding sheep." I (Hishām) think he said: "On their ears."
٢٥٦٣ - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: «أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَخٍ لِي حِينَ وُلِدَ لِيُحَنِّكَهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ فِي مِرْبَدٍ يَسِمُ غَنَمًا» أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: فِي آذَانِهَا
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Branding was done through marking by burning the body of the animal with a hot iron. It is allowed to brand the bodies of the animals but not allowed to brand them on the face. The ear, which is not a part of the face can, however, be branded.