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Hadith 1514
Hadith #
1514
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
3
Section
50
Part
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter
Chapter on Aqiqah, Tahnik, Naming, Kunyah, Shaving the newborn's Head, Piercing the Ears, and Circumcision
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.4729 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a newborn whose head was not shaved on the seventh day. Imam (as) replied: "If seven days have passed, then shaving the head is no longer required."
4729 - وَ سَأَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخَاهُ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ مَوْلُودٍ لَمْ يُحْلَقْ رَأْسُهُ يَوْمَ اَلسَّابِعِ فَقَالَ
"إِذَا مَضَى سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ حَلْقٌ".
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