#15 'Aqiqa

Book of Sacrifice on Occasion of Birth (`Aqiqa)

(2) Chapter: 'Aqiqa is to remove what harms the child

Hadith 5472

Narrated Salman bin 'Amir Ad-Dabbi:

I heard Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) saying, "'Aqiqa is to be offered for a (newly born) boy, so slaughter (an animal) for him, and relieve him of his suffering."

Narrated Habib bin Ash-Shahid:

Ibn Seereen told me to ask Al-Hassan from whom he had heard the narration of 'Aqiqa. I asked him and he said, "From Samura bin Jundab."