Sunan Abi Dawud 2843

سنن أبي داود#2843Sahih

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period, we sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Allah brought Islam, we sacrificed a sheep, shaved his head and smeared his head with saffron

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniHasan Sahih

Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidHasan Sahih

Shuaib Al ArnautSahih Lighairihi

Zubair Ali ZaiIsnaad Hasan

In-book reference: 16:56

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