Sunan Abu Dawood 2843 is a hadith from Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya) compiled by Imam Abu Dawood. This hadith is in chapter 16 of this book and it shares the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ on Sacrifice in Islam. Below hadith is available in Arabic with Urdu and English translations.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِت، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، قَالَ: سَمعْتُ أَبِي بُرَيْدَةَ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا وُلِدَ لِأَحَدِنَا غُلامٌ ذَبَحَ شَاةً وَلَطَخَ رَأْسَهُ بِدَمِهَا، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ اللَّهُ بِالإِسْلامِ كُنَّا نَذْبَحُ شَاةً وَنَحْلِقُ رَأْسَهُ وَنُلَطِّخُهُ بِزَعْفَرَانِ.
بریدہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں زمانہ جاہلیت میں جب ہم میں سے کسی کے ہاں لڑکا پیدا ہوتا تو وہ ایک بکری ذبح کرتا اور اس کا خون بچے کے سر میں لگاتا، پھر جب اسلام آیا تو ہم بکری ذبح کرتے اور بچے کا سر مونڈ کر زعفران لگاتے تھے ( خون لگانا موقوف ہو گیا ) ۱؎۔
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.
Sunan Abu Dawood 2843 is part of Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya), compiled by Imam Abu Dawood. This chapter brings together several hadiths on this general theme, though each individual narration can cover a different incident or ruling within it. Hadiths cover various topics like good deeds, warnings, historical events, and legal rulings. You can read the full narration above in Arabic, Urdu, and English.
It was compiled by Imam Abu Dawood.
It is part of Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya).
The original hadith is in Arabic with translations in Urdu and English.