Hadith #489

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏عَفَّانُ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏أَبَانُ الْعَطَّارُ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏قَتَادَةُ ‏ ‏عَنِ ‏ ‏الْحَسَنِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏سَمُرَةَ ‏ ‏أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏كَانَ يَقُولُ ‏ ‏كُلُّ غُلَامٍ ‏ ‏مُرْتَهَنٌ ‏ ‏بِعَقِيقَتِهِ ‏ ‏تُذْبَحُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ سَابِعِهِ ‏ ‏وَيُمَاطُ ‏ ‏عَنْهُ الْأَذَى وَيُسَمَّى ‏

English Translation

‘Affān narrated to us, Abān al-‘Aṭṭār narrated to us, Qatādah narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan, from Samurah: the Prophet ﷺ of Allah ﷺ used to say: ‘Every child is pledged for his ‘aqīqah, slaughtered on his seventh day, harm is removed from him (i.e., head is shaved), and he is given a name.’

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 37, Hadith 489

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 19327

Islam.wiki ID: IWH-55717