71/1. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5469 — Abdullah ibn Zubair and Tahnik
The naming of a newly born child, Al-'Al-'Aqiqa and its Tahnik
Hadith About Abdullah ibn Zubair's Tahnik
Sahih Bukhari : 5469
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5469
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بِمَكَّةَ قَالَتْ فَخَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا مُتِمٌّ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَزَلْتُ قُبَاءً فَوَلَدْتُ بِقُبَاءٍ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِتَمْرَةٍ فَمَضَغَهَا، ثُمَّ تَفَلَ فِي فِيهِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلَ شَىْءٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَهُ رِيقُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ حَنَّكَهُ بِالتَّمْرَةِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَّكَ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ، فَفَرِحُوا بِهِ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا، لأَنَّهُمْ قِيلَ لَهُمْ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَدْ سَحَرَتْكُمْ فَلاَ يُولَدُ لَكُمْ.
Asma' bint Abu Bakr Narrated from:
I conceived `Abdullah bin AzZubair at Mecca and went out (of Mecca) while I was about to give birth. I came to Medina and encamped at Quba', and gave birth at Quba'. Then I brought the child to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and placed it (on his lap). He asked for a date, chewed it, and put his saliva in the mouth of the child. So the first thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Then he did its Tahnik with a date, and invoked Allah to bless him.It was the first child born in the Islamic era, therefore they (Muslims) were very happy with its birth, for it had been said to them that the Jews had bewitched them, and so they would not produce any offspring.
[1] (Book 71) Al-‘Aqīqa : Aqīqa is the sacrificing of one or two sheep on the occasion of the birth of a child, as a token of gratitude to Allāh (two sheep for a male child and one sheep for the female child).Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5469In-book reference : Book 71, Hadith 3USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 66, Hadith 378
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5469
This hadith about Abdullah ibn Zubair's Tahnik tells how Asma bint Abu Bakr gave birth at Quba and then brought the baby to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. He placed the child in his lap, asked for a date, chewed it, placed some of his saliva in the child's mouth, did Tahnik with the date, and invoked Allah's blessing for him. The report also says that he was the first child born in the Islamic era, and the Muslims were very happy because they had been told that no child would be born to them. The explanation should stay with the text: it is about Tahnik, blessing, and joy at the birth.
What we learn from this hadith
- Asma brought her newborn to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم after birth.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم performed Tahnik with a date.
- He invoked Allah's blessing for the child.
- The Muslims were very happy at the child's birth.
