سنن أبي داود

Hadith 2843

Book 16: Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

كِتَاب الضَّحَايَا

Chapter 21

Chapter: The ’Aqiqah.

باب فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ

English narration

Narrated by بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: 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.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِت ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ : كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لِأَحَدِنَا غُلامٌ ذَبَحَ شَاةً وَلَطَخَ رَأْسَهُ بِدَمِهَا ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالإِسْلامِ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ شَاةً وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنُلَطِّخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانِ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2843In-book: Book 16, Hadith 2843

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