Sunan Abi Dawud · Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)
باب فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ
Chapter: The ’Aqiqah.
10 hadith · references 2834–2843
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Abu Dawud · 2834عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مُكَافِئَتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌNarrated Umm Kurz al-Kabiyyah: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Two resembling sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) say: The Arabic word mukafiAtani mea6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2835أَقِرُّوا الطَّيْرَ عَلَى مَكِنَاتِهَا ، قَالَتْ : وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ : عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ أَذُكْرَانًا كُنَّ أَمْ إِنَاثًاNarrated Umm Kurz: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: Let the birds stay in their roosts. She said: I also heard him say: Two sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl, but it does you no harm whether they are male6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2836عَنِ الْغُلَامِ شَاتَانِ مِثْلَانِ وَعَنِ الْجَارِيَةِ شَاةٌNarrated Umm Kurz: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Two sheep which resemble each other are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. Abu Dawud said: This is a sound tradition, and the tradition narrated by Sufyan is 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2837كُلُّ غُلَامٍ رَهِينَةٌ بِعَقِيقَتِهِ تُذْبَحُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ وَيُحْلَقُ رَأْسُهُ وَيُدَمَّىNarrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Prophet ﷺ said: A boy is in pledge for his Aqiqah. Sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved and is smeared with blood. When Qatadah was asked about smearing with b5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2838كُلُّ غُلَامٍ رَهِينَةٌ بِعَقِيقَتِهِ تُذْبَحُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ سَابِعِهِ وَيُحْلَقُ وَيُسَمَّىNarrated Samurah ibn Jundub: The Prophet ﷺ said: A boy is in pledge for his Aqiqah, Sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved and he is given name. Abu Dawud said: The word wa yusamma is sounder as6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2839مَعَ الْغُلَامِ عَقِيقَتُهُ فَأَهْرِيقُوا عَنْهُ دَمًا وَأَمِيطُوا عَنْهُ الْأَذَىNarrated Salman bin Amir al-Dabbi: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Along with a boy there is an 'Aqiqah, so shed blood on his behalf, and remove injury from him.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2840حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ : إِمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى حَلْقُ الرَّأْسِ . Narrated Al-Hasan: To remove the injury is the shaving of the head.4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2841حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَقَّ Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sacrificed a ram for both al-Hasan and al-Husayn each (Allah be pleased with them).5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2842حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ ،حَدَّثَنَا Narrated Amr bin Suhaib: On his father's authority, said that his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the aqiqah. He replied: Allah does not like the breaking of ties (uquq), as though he disliked t9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 2843حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِت ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ ، قَالَ : سَمعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ : كُنَّا فِي الْجَاNarrated 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 5 narrators