(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.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2843
In-book reference: Book 16, Hadith 56
English translation: Book 15, Hadith 2837