(21) باب فِي الْعَقِيقَةِ
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. (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 2843 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 16, Hadith 56 (AR)
English translation (AR): Book 15, Hadith 2837 (AR)