ʿAffān b. Muslim > Hammām > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah

About the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Every newborn is pledged with its sacrificial animal. It is slaughtered on its seventh day, and it is shaved and named." Qatadah used to describe the blood and say: "When the sacrificial animal is slaughtered, a wool is taken and the edges of the animal are wiped with it. Then, it is placed on the forehead of the baby until the blood flows resembling a thin string. After that, the baby's head is washed, and then it is shaved." Affan said: Aban informed us with this hadith and said: Abdullah said, "And I do not consider it obligatory." – Sound Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ غُلَامٍ رَهِينَةٌ بِعَقِيقَتِهِ يُذْبَحُ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ سَابِعِهِ وَيُحْلَقُ وَيُدَمَّى» وَكَانَ قَتَادَةُ يَصِفُ الدَّمَ فَيَقُولُ «إِذَا ذُبِحَتِ الْعَقِيقَةُ تُؤْخَذُ صُوفَةٌ فَيُسْتَقْبَلُ بِهَا أَوْدَاجُ الذَّبِيحَةِ ثُمَّ تُوضَعُ عَلَى يَافُوخِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى إِذَا سَالَ شَبَهُ الْخَيْطِ غُسِلَ رَأْسُهُ ثُمَّ حُلِقَ بَعْدُ» قَالَ عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ وَيُسَمَّى قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ «وَلَا أُرَاهُ وَاجِبًا» – إسناده صحيح