Al-Kāfi 6, narration 131

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, Offered ‘Aqiqah for al-Hassan and al-Husayn

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Arabic text

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ التَّهْنِئَةِ بِالْوَلَدِ مَتَى فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَالَ لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالتَّهْنِئَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُسَمِّيَهُ وَ يُكَنِّيَهُ وَ يَحْلِقَ رَأْسَهُ وَ يَعُقَّ عَنْهُ وَ يَثْقُبَ أُذُنَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ حِينَ وُلِدَ الْحُسَيْنُ ( عليه السلام ) أَتَاهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَقَالَ وَ كَانَ لَهُمَا ذُؤَابَتَانِ فِي الْقَرْنِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَ كَانَ الثَّقْبُ فِي الْأُذُنِ الْيُمْنَى فِي شَحْمَةِ الْأُذُنِ وَ فِي الْيُسْرَى فِي أَعْلَى الْأُذُنِ فَالْقُرْطُ فِي الْيُمْنَى وَ الشَّنْفُ فِي الْيُسْرَىوَ قَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) تَرَكَ لَهُمَا ذُؤَابَتَيْنِ فِي وَسَطِ الرَّأْسِ وَ هُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْقَرْنِ .

Translation

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from af-Husayn ibn Khafid who has said the following: “I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), about when to offer congratulations for the birth of a child. He (the Imam) stated this Hadith: It was the birth of al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.). Jibril descended to congratulate the Holy Prophet (saww) on the seventh day and instructed to name him and give him a Kunyah, shave his head, offer ‘Aqiqah for him and pierce a hole in his ear. When al-Husayn (a.s.), was born Jibril came on the seventh day and instructed similarly.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘They both had two bunches of hairs on the left middle side of their head and the hole was in their right ear on the loop and on the left one it was on the top of the ear. Earring was in the right ear and al-Shanf (earring) on the left ear.’ It is narrated that the Holy Prophet (saww) left two bunches of hairs on the middle of their head and it is more correct than al-Qarn (the left middle of the head).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated
  2. his father
  3. af-Husayn ibn Khafid who has said the following

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول وآخره مرسل

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/59)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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