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The Sufficient (Vol 6) · Hadith 103 (#Ḥadīth #1)

Chapter 17 | On the Seventh Day from Birth the Newborn’s Head is Shaved and a Name is Given to Him

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ جَبَلَةَ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ عُقَّ عَنْهُ وَ احْلِقْ رَأْسَهُ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ وَ تَصَدَّقْ بِوَزْنِ شَعْرِهِ فِضَّةً وَ اقْطَعِ الْعَقِيقَةَ جَذَاوِيَ وَ اطْبُخْهَا وَ ادْعُ عَلَيْهَا رَهْطاً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ .

1. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ibn Sama‘ah from ibn Jabalah and Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Salih ibn abu Hammad from ‘Abd Allah ibn Jabalah from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has stated this Hadith. ‘On the seventh day from birth offer ‘Aqiqah, shave the head of the child and give in charity an amount of silver equal to the weight of his hairs and cut the meat of Aqiqah without breaking any bones, then cook the meat and invite a group of Muslims to be served.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).