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Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī

The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

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

106. hadíth Majlisī: مرسل

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ السَّابِعِ وَ قَدْ وُلِدَ لِأَحَدِكُمْ غُلَامٌ أَوْ جَارِيَةٌ فَلْيَعُقَّ عَنْهُ كَبْشاً عَنِ الذَّكَرِ ذَكَراً وَ عَنِ الْأُنْثَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ عُقُّوا عَنْهُ وَ أَطْعِمُوا الْقَابِلَةَ مِنَ الْعَقِيقَةِ وَ سَمُّوهُ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ .

4. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from a man from abu Ja‘far (a.s.), who has said the following: “When it is the seventh day of childbirth in your home, a boy or a girl you must offer an Aqiqah in the form of slaughtering a ram for a boy and an ewe for a girl. When you offer an Aqiqah for him, feed al-Qabilah (the special nurse, doctor) thereof. You can give the child a name on the seventh day.’”

A fordítás angol nyelvű (Muhammad Sarwar), forrás: Thaqalayn.net.