Sunan Abi Dawud

Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) — Hadith #2843

Traditional grade: Hasan, Sahih How we grade
Sunan Abi Dawud:Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya):Hadith 2843
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ، يَقُولُ كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لأَحَدِنَا غُلاَمٌ ذَبَحَ شَاةً وَلَطَخَ رَأْسَهُ بِدَمِهَا فَلَمَّا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالإِسْلاَمِ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ شَاةً وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنَلْطَخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانٍ ‏.‏

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.

Chain of Narration (Isnad)
al-Hasan bin 'Ali al-Halwani الحسن بن علي الخلال الحلواني → Abdur-Razzaq عبد الرزاق بن همام → Ma'mar bin Rashid معمر بن راشد → al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري‎, محمد بن مسلم → Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف → Abu Hurairah

Chain Family Tree

6 narrators from originator to compiler

Hadith Grading

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Traditional grade: Hasan, Sahih