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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Marriage (Nikah)

Chapter on Aqiqah, Tahnik, Naming, Kunyah, Shaving the Newborn's Head, Piercing the Ears, and Circumcision

377. hadíth

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ اَللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي أَ كَانَ أَبِي عَقَّ عَنِّي أَمْ لاَ فَأَمَرَنِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَعَقَقْتُ عَنْ نَفْسِي وَ أَنَا شَيْخٌ.

It was narrated from Umar ibn Yazid who said: I said to Abu Abdullah (a.s), "By Allah (swt), I do not know whether my father performed the aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for me or not." Imam (a.s) instructed me, so I performed the aqiqah for myself while I was an old man.

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