53. Circumcision
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ بَعْدَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً وَاخْتَتَنَ بِالْقَدُومِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي مَوْضِعًا
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Ibrāhīm ﷺ was circumcised after eighty years, and he was circumcised with an adze.” Abū ʿAbdullāh said, meaning a place.
قَالَتْ سُبِيتُ فِي جَوَارِي مِنَ الرُّومِ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا عُثْمَانُ الإِسْلاَمَ فَلَمْ يُسْلِمْ مِنَّا غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ أُخْرَى فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ اذْهَبُوا فَاخْفِضُوهُمَا وَطَهِّرُوهُمَا
An old woman from Kufa, the grandmother of 'Ali ibn Ghurab, reported that Umm al-Muhajir said, "I was captured with some girls from Byzantium. 'Uthman offered us Islam, but only myself and one other girl accepted Islam. 'Uthman said, 'Go and circumcise them and purify them.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1246No grade recorded
خَتَنَنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ أَنَا وَنُعَيْمًا فَذَبَحَ عَلَيْنَا كَبْشًا فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَإِنَّا لَنَجْذَلُ بِهِ عَلَى الصِّبْيَانِ أَنْ ذَبَحَ عَنَّا كَبْشًا
Salim said, "Ibn 'Umar, Nu'aym and I were circumcised and they sacrificed a ram on our behalf. I think that we were more happy about it than the other children since a ram had been sacrificed on our behalf."
أَنَّ بَنَاتَ أَخِي عَائِشَةَ اخْتُتِنَّ فَقِيلَ لِعَائِشَةَ أَلاَ نَدْعُو لَهُنَّ مَنْ يُلْهِيهِنَّ؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى فَأَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى عَدِيٍّ فَأَتَاهُنَّ فَمَرَّتْ عَائِشَةُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَرَأَتْهُ يَتَغَنَّى وَيُحَرِّكُ رَأْسَهُ طَرَبًا وَكَانَ ذَا شَعْرٍ كَثِيرٍ فَقَالَتْ أُفٍّ شَيْطَانٌ أَخْرِجُوهُ أَخْرِجُوهُ
✧ The daughters of ʿĀʾishah's brother were circumcised, and it was said to ʿĀʾishah, “Should we not call someone to entertain them?” She said, “Yes.” So she sent for ʿAdī, and he came to them. ʿĀʾishah passed by in the house and saw him singing and moving his head in delight, and he had abundant hair. She said, “Uff! A devil! Take him out, take him out!”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1248No grade recorded
لَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ الشَّامَ أَتَاهُ الدِّهْقَانُ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي قَدْ صَنَعْتُ لَكَ طَعَامًا فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِأَشْرَافِ مَنْ مَعَكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَقْوَى لِي فِي عَمَلِي وَأَشْرَفُ لِي قَالَ إِنَّا لاَ نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَدْخُلَ كَنَائِسَكُمْ هَذِهِ مَعَ الصُّوَرِ الَّتِي فِيهَا
Aslam, the client of 'Umar, said, "When we came to Syria with 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the chief came to him, 'Amir al-Mu'minin, I have prepared some food for you and I would like you to bring some nobles with you. That will be a stronger and nobler action for me.' 'Umar said, 'We cannot enter these churches of yours with the images which are inside them.'"
سُبِيتُ وَجَوَارِي مِنَ الرُّومِ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا عُثْمَانُ الإِسْلاَمَ فَلَمْ يُسْلِمْ مِنَّا غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ أُخْرَى فَقَالَ اخْفِضُوهُمَا وَطَهِّرُوهُمَا فَكُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ عُثْمَانَ
See 1245.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1250No grade recorded
اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ وَمِئَةٍ ثُمَّ عَاشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً
Abu Hurayra said, "Ibrahim ﷺ was circumcised when he was 120 years old. Then he lived eighty years after that."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1251No grade recorded
أَمَا تَعْجَبُونَ لِهَذَا؟ يَعْنِي مَالِكَ بْنَ الْمُنْذِرِ عَمَدَ إِلَى شُيُوخٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ كَسْكَرَ أَسْلَمُوا فَفَتَّشَهُمْ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَخُتِنُوا وَهَذَا الشِّتَاءُ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ مَاتَ وَلَقَدْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الرُّومِيُّ وَالْحَبَشِيُّ فَمَا فُتِّشُوا عَنْ شَيْءٍ
It is reported that al-Hasan said, "Are you not astonished by this man? (i.e. Malik ibn al-Mundhir) He went to some of the old people of Kaskar who had become Muslim and examined them and then commanded that they be circumcised although it was winter. I heard that some of them died. Greeks and Abyssinians became Muslim with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they were not examined at all."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1252No grade recorded
وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ أُمِرَ بِالِاخْتِتَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبِيرًا
Ibn Shihab said, "When a man became Muslim, he was ordered to have himself circumcised, even if he was old."
زُرْنَا يَحْيَى بْنَ حَسَّانَ فِي قَرْيَتِهِ أَنَا وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَدْهَمَ وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ قَرِيرٍ وَمُوسَى بْنُ يَسَارٍ فَجَاءَنَا بِطَعَامٍ فَأَمْسَكَ مُوسَى وَكَانَ صَائِمًا فَقَالَ يَحْيَى أَمَّنَا فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يُكَنَّى أَبَا قِرْصَافَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا فَوُلِدَ لأَبِي غُلاَمٌ فَدَعَاهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي يَصُومُ فِيهِ فَأَفْطَرَ فَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَنَسَهُ بِكِسَائِهِ وَأَفْطَرَ مُوسَى قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَبُو قِرْصَافَةَ اسْمُهُ جَنْدَرَةُ بْنُ خَيْشَنَةَ
Bilal ibn Ka'b al-'Ukki said, "We - Ibrahim ibn Adham, 'Abdu'l-'Aziz ibn Qarir, Musa ibn Yasar and I - visited Yahya ibn Hassan (al-Bakri al-Filistini) in his village. He brought us some food, but Musa held back because he was fasting. Yahya said, 'We had a man with the kunya of Abu Qursafa from the Banu Kinana who had been one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and he was in this mosque for forty years. He would fast one day and break the fast the next day, My father had a son born to him and he invited this man on the day that he was fasting and he broke his fast.' Ibrahim stood up and swept him with cloak and Musa broke his fast."
ذَهَبْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ يَهْنَأُ بَعِيرًا لَهُ فَقَالَ مَعَكَ تَمَرَاتٌ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ تَمَرَاتٍ فَلاَكَهُنَّ ثُمَّ فَغَرَ فَا الصَّبِيِّ وَأَوْجَرَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ فَتَلَمَّظَ الصَّبِيُّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حُبَّ الأَنْصَارِ التَّمْرَ وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ
Anas said, "On the day he was born, I took 'Abdullah ibn Abi Talha to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. I found him wearing a woollen robe while he was marking one of his camels with tar. The Prophet said, 'Do you have any dates with you?' 'Yes,' I replied. I gave him some dates. He chewed the dates and opened the child's mouth and put some chewed dates into the child's mouth. The child licked his lips. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The Ansar love dates,' and gave him the name 'Abdullah."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1255No grade recorded
لَمَّا وُلِدَ لِي إِيَاسٌ دَعَوْتُ نَفَرًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَطْعَمْتُهُمْ فَدَعَوْا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ دَعَوْتُمْ فَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ فِيمَا دَعَوْتُمْ وَإِنِّي إِنْ أَدْعُو بِدُعَاءٍ فَأَمِّنُوا قَالَ فَدَعَوْتُ لَهُ بِدُعَاءٍ كَثِيرٍ فِي دِينِهِ وَعَقْلِهِ وَكَذَا قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَأَتَعَرَّفُ فِيهِ دُعَاءَ يَوْمِئِذٍ
Mu'awiya ibn Qurra said, "When Iyas was born to me, I invited a group of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and I fed them and they made supplication. I said, 'You have made supplication, so may Allah bless you for your supplication. If I make supplication, then you say, "Amen".' He went on, 'I made a lot of supplication for him for his deen, his intellect and things like that.' He added, 'I still recognise the supplication of that day in him."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1256No grade recorded
كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ إِذَا وُلِدَ فِيهِمْ مَوْلُودٌ يَعْنِي فِي أَهْلِهَا لاَ تَسْأَلُ غُلاَمًا وَلاَ جَارِيَةً تَقُولُ خُلِقَ سَوِيًّا؟ فَإِذَا قِيلَ نَعَمْ قَالَتِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Kathir ibn 'Ubayd said, "When someone in the family of 'A'isha had a child, she did not ask, 'boy or girl?' She asked, 'Was he created well-formed?' If the answer was 'Yes,' she said, 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1257No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ قَصُّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الأَظْفَارِ وَحَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ وَنَتْفُ الإِبْطِ وَالسِّوَاكُ
✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said, “Five are from the fiṭrah: trimming the moustache, clipping the nails, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpit hair, and using the siwāk.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1258No grade recorded
أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُقَلِّمُ أَظَافِيرَهُ فِي كُلِّ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً وَيَسْتَحِدُّ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ
✧ Ibn ʿUmar used to clip his nails every fifteen nights and shave his pubic hair every month.