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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1519 — Aqiqah, Shaving Hair and Charity
The 'Aqiqah With One Sheep
Aqiqah for Al-Hasan: Hair Weight in Silver
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1519
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1519
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ عَقَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بِشَاةٍ وَقَالَ " يَا فَاطِمَةُ احْلِقِي رَأْسَهُ وَتَصَدَّقِي بِزِنَةِ شَعْرِهِ فِضَّةً " . قَالَ فَوَزَنَتْهُ فَكَانَ وَزْنُهُ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ دِرْهَمٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَإِسْنَادُهُ لَيْسَ بِمُتَّصِلٍ . وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Al-Husain Narrated from:
Ali Bin Abi Talib Said: "The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Had The 'Aqiqah For Al-Hasan With One Sheep, And Said: 'O Fatimah! Shave His Head And Give The Weight Of His Hair In Silver As Charity.'" He Said: "So I Weighed It, And It Was The Weight Of A Dirham Or A Bit Of A Dirham."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1519In-book reference : Book 19, Hadith 31English translation : Vol. 3, Book 17, Hadith 1519
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1519
Hadith 1519 describes the Aqiqah of Al-Hasan. Ali bin Abi Talib said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had the Aqiqah for Al-Hasan with one sheep. He then told Fatimah to shave his head and give the weight of his hair in silver as charity. The report says the hair weighed a dirham or part of a dirham. For searches like aqiqah hair silver charity, Al-Hasan aqiqah hadith, or shaving baby hair hadith, this narration gives a simple chain of actions: Aqiqah, shaving the head, weighing the hair, and giving silver in charity. This keeps the reader close to the actual words of the narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم offered Aqiqah for Al-Hasan with one sheep.
- Fatimah was told to shave his head.
- The weight of the hair was to be given in silver as charity.
- The reported weight was a dirham or part of a dirham.
