Book 71: The Birth Sacrifice (Aqiqah)
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5467
Ishaq bin Nasr told me that Abu Usamah narrated to us. He said: Buraid (bin Abdullah) told me, narrating from Abu Burdah. Abu Burdah narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa (Ash'ari) (ra). He said: A boy was born to me, so I brought him to the Prophet (saw). He (saw) named him Ibrahim, and he (chewed) a date and gave it to him as Tahnik, and prayed for blessing for him, and gave the child back to me. And he was the eldest son among the children of Hazrat Abu Musa (ra).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5468
Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Hisham (bin Urwah), Hisham from his father, his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She used to say: A child was brought to the Prophet (saw) so that he (saw) might give him Tahnik. He urinated on him, so he poured water over that (place).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5469
Ishaq bin Nasr told us that Abu Usamah narrated to us that Hisham bin Urwah told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Asma' bint Abi Bakr (ra), that she was in Mecca. She was pregnant with Abdullah bin Zubair (ra). She used to say: When I set out (from Mecca), I was completing (the term of pregnancy). I came to Medina and halted at Quba', and I gave birth at Quba'. Then I brought Abdullah (ra) to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and placed him in his lap. He (saw) asked for a date, chewed it, and gave him Tahnik with his saliva in his mouth, so the first thing that entered his stomach was the saliva of the Messenger of Allah (saw). Then he rubbed the date on his palate, and he prayed for him and blessed him. And Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) was the first child born in Islam, so people were very happy at his birth, because they had been told that the Jews had cast a spell on you, and now no children would be born to you.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5470
Matar bin Fadl told me that Yazid bin Harun narrated to us that Abdullah bin Aun informed us. He narrated from Anas bin Sirin, Anas from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: A son of Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra) was ill. Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra) went out somewhere, and the child died. When Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra) returned, he asked: How is my son? Hazrat Umm Sulaim (ra) said: He is much more at rest than before. And Hazrat Umm Sulaim (ra) placed the evening meal before him, and he ate. Then he had relations with her. When they had finished, she said: Go and bury the child. When Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra) got up in the morning, he came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and related this incident to him. On hearing this he (saw) said: “Did you come together last night?” He said: Yes. He said: “O Allah! Make this night blessed for both of them.” Then Hazrat Umm Sulaim (ra) gave birth to a boy. (Hazrat Anas (ra) used to say:) Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra) said to me: Take this child carefully to the Prophet (saw). So he brought him to the Prophet (saw), and Hazrat Umm Sulaim (ra) also sent some dates with him. The Prophet (saw) took the child and asked: “Has anything been sent with him?” People said: Yes, some dates. The Prophet (saw) took a date and chewed it. Then he took it out of his mouth and put it into the child's mouth, and gave him Tahnik with it, and named him Abdullah (ra). Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to us that Ibn Abi Adi told us. He narrated from Ibn Aun, Ibn Aun from Muhammad (bin Sirin), Muhammad from Hazrat Anas (ra)… and then narrated this same hadith.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5471
Abu Nu'man narrated to us that Hammad bin Zaid told us. He narrated from Ayyub (Sakhtiyani), Ayyub from Muhammad (bin Sirin), Muhammad from Hazrat Salman bin Amir (ra). He said: When a boy is born, the Aqiqah should be performed. And Hajjaj (bin Minhal) said that Hammad (bin Salamah) narrated to us that Ayyub (Sakhtiyani), Qatadah, Hisham (bin Hassan) and Habib (bin Shahid) told us from (Muhammad) bin Sirin, he from Hazrat Salman (ra) (bin Amir), Hazrat Salman (ra) narrating from the Prophet (saw). And several men related from Asim (bin Sulaiman) and Hisham (bin Hassan) that they narrated from Hafsah bint Sirin, Hafsah from Rabab (bint Sulai'), Rabab from Hazrat Salman bin Amir Dabbi (ra), Hazrat Salman (ra) from the Prophet (saw), this hadith. And Yazid bin Ibrahim also narrated the same from (Muhammad) bin Sirin, he from Hazrat Salman (ra)…
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5472
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ 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.
And Asbagh (bin Faraj) said: (Abdullah) bin Wahb told me, narrating from Jarir bin Hazim, Jarir from Ayyub Sakhtiyani, Ayyub from Muhammad bin Sirin, that Hazrat Salman bin Amir Dabbi (ra) narrated to us. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw); he (saw) used to say: “With a boy there should be an Aqiqah, so shed blood on his behalf and remove what is harmful from him.” Abdullah bin Abil Aswad narrated to me that Quraish bin Anas told us. He narrated from Habib bin Shahid. He said that (Muhammad) bin Sirin ordered me to ask Hasan (Basri): From whom did he hear the hadith about Aqiqah? I asked him. He said: From Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub (ra).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5473
Abdan narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. Ma'mar informed us that Zuhri told us. Zuhri narrated from (Sa'id) bin Musayyab, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “There is now neither Fara' nor Atirah.” And Fara' is the firstborn young, which they used to slaughter for their priests and the like, and Atirah is the sacrifice which they used to make in Rajab.
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Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) told us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) narrated to us. He said: Zuhri told us. Zuhri narrated from Sa'id bin Musayyab, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said that there is neither Fara' nor Atirah. Sa'id used to say: And Fara' is the firstborn young of a she-camel born among them, which they used to slaughter for their priests, and Atirah is the sacrifice that used to be made in Rajab.
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