Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period, we sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Allah brought Islam, we sacrificed a sheep, shaved his head and smeared his head with saffron.
Grade: | Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | حسن صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2843 |
In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 56 |
English translation | : Book 15, Hadith 2837 |