Sunan Abi Dawud 2837

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said: A boy is in pledge for his Aqiqah. Sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved and is smeared with blood. When Qatadah was asked about smearing with blood, how that should be done, he said: When you cut the head (i.e. throat) of the animal (meant for Aqiqah), you may take a few hair of it, place them on its veins, and then place them in the middle of the head of the infant, so that the blood flows on the hair (of the infant) like a threat. Then its head may be washed and shaved off. Abu Dawud said: In narrating the word "is smeared with blood" (yudamma) there is a misunderstanding on the part of Hammam. Abu Dawud said: Hammam has been opposed in narrating the words "is smeared with blood". This is misunderstanding of Hammam. They narrated he word "he is given a name (yusamma) and Hammam narrated it "is smeared with blood" (yudamma). Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not followed.

Notes

• فَكَانَ قَتَادَةُ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنِ الدَّمِ كَيْفَ يُصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ إِذَا ذَبَحْتَ الْعَقِيقَةَ أَخَذْتَ مِنْهَا صُوفَةً وَاسْتَقْبَلْتَ بِهِ أَوْدَاجَهَا ثُمَّ تُوضَعُ عَلَى يَافُوخِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَسِيلَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مِثْلُ الْخَيْطِ ثُمَّ يُغْسَلُ رَأْسُهُ بَعْدُ وَيُحْلَقُ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذَا وَهَمٌ مِنْ هَمَّامٍ وَيُدَمَّى قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ خُولِفَ هَمَّامٌ فِي هَذَا الْكَلاَمِ وَهُوَ وَهَمٌ مِنْ هَمَّامٍ وَإِنَّمَا قَالُوا يُسَمَّى فَقَالَ هَمَّامٌ يُدَمَّى قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَلَيْسَ يُؤْخَذُ بِهَذَا

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What scholars said about it

In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.

• Zarqānī

  أعله بعضهم بأنه من رواية الحسن عن سمرة وهو مدلس لكن في البخاري أن الحسن سمع حديث العقيقة من سمرة

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2832
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  أنكروا حديث همام وقالوا هذا وهم من همام لأنه لم يقل أحد في ذلك الحديث ويدمى غيره وإنما قالوا ويحلق رأسه ويسمى

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2832
• Abū Daʾūd

  وقوله ويدمى وهم من همام

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2832
• Ishbīlī

  صححه

  machine translationHe declared it sound (ṣaḥḥaḥahu). Report a problem

  in سنن أبي داود, p. 2832

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 2838al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6853al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 6956Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24719Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 24739al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 19353

Narrators

1. 1
   Samurah b. Jundub

   a well-known Companiond. 58 AH, also said 59 AH,, also said beginning of 60 AH, also said between 55 AH and 60 AH
   سَمُرَةُ بْنُ جُنْدُبٍصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AH
   الْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلس
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةُثقة ثبت
   نا
4. 4
   Hammām

   Trustworthy (thiqah), who sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. 163 AH, or: 164 AH, also said: 165 AH
   هَمَّامٌثقة ربما وهم
   نا
5. 5
   Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar

   Trustworthy and firm (thiqah thabt); he was criticized for taking payment for teaching hadithd. 225 AH
   حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ النَّمَرِيُّثقة ثبت ، عيب بأخذ الأجرة على الحديث
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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