Dalīl al-Ṭālib - Marʿi al-Karmi - (115)

two sheep, and on behalf of a female child, one sheep. Neither a camel nor a cow suffices,1 unless it is a whole animal.

The sunnah is to sacrifice it on the seventh day after the child’s birth; if that day is missed, then on the fourteenth; and if that is also missed, then on the twenty-first,2 after which further weeks are not taken into account.

Smearing the infant with its blood is discouraged.

It is recommended to pronounce the adhan in the newborn’s right ear at the moment of birth, and the iqamah in the left.

It is likewise sunnah3 to shave the boy’s head on the seventh day, give charity in silver equal to the hair’s weight, and name him on that day.

The dearest of names4 are ‘Abd Allah and ‘Abd al-Rahman.

It is unlawful to give a name beginning with ‘Abd (“servant of”) followed by anyone5 other than Allah, such as ‘Abd al-Nabi or ‘Abd al-Masih.

It is disliked to name a child Harb, Yasār, Mubārak, Mufliḥ, Khayr, or Surūr.6

There is no objection to names7 taken from the angels or the prophets.

If the time of the ‘aqiqah coincides with that of the udḥiyah, one sacrificial animal suffices for both rites.

(1) In manuscript A the wording is “wa-baqara” (“and a cow”); the same reading occurs in M. (2) Manuscripts A and B read “ihda” (“one”); the same appears in M, N and J. Al-Lubdi notes in his marginalia (p. 160) that the correct form should be “fa-fi ahad wa-ishrin” (“in twenty-one”), because the enumerated noun is masculine. Owing to a copyist’s slip, the preferable expression would have been “fa-fi al-hadi wa-ishriya” or “fa-fi hadi ʿashriya,” which is the clear meaning. (3) Manuscripts M and N add the word “wa-sann.” (4) Manuscript A contains the additional phrase “ila Allah taala” (“to Allah, the Exalted”). (5) In manuscript A the reading is “li-ghayr” (“for someone else”). (6) Manuscripts B and N insert the word “niʿma” (“blessing”). (7) Manuscripts A and M read: “wa-la bas bi-asma al-malaika” (“and there is no objection to the names of the angels”).

الجارية شاة ولا تجزئ: بدنة ولا١ بقرة إلا كاملة. والسنة: ذبحها في سابع يوم ولادته فإن فات ففي أربع عشرة فإن فات ففي إحد٢ وعشرين ولا تعتبر الأسابيع بعد ذلك. وكره لطخه من دمها. ويسن الأذان في أذن المولود اليمنى حين يولد والإقامة في اليسرى. ويسن٣: أن يحلق رأس الغلام في اليوم السابع ويتصدق بوزنه فضة ويسمى فيه. وأحب الأسماء٤: عبد الله وعبد الرحمن. وتحرم: التسمية بعبد غير٥ الله كعبد النبي وعبد المسيح. وتكره: بحرب ويسار ومبارك ومفلح وخير وسرور٦. ولا بأس بأسماء٧ الملائكة والأنبياء. وإن اتفق وقت عقيقة وأضحية أجزأت إحداهما عن الأخرى.

١ في "أ" "وبقرة" وكذا في "م". ٢ في "أ" و "ب" "إحدى" وكذا في "م" و "ن" و "ج". قال اللبدي في حاشية "ص: ١٦٠": صوابه: "ففي أحد وعشرين" لأن المعدود مذكر ولعلة من النساخ وكان الأولى أن يقول: ففي الحادي وعشرية أو ففي حادي عشرية وهو ظاهر. ٣ في "م" و "ن":"وسن". ٤ في "أ" زيادة "إلى الله تعالى". ٥ في "أ" "لغير". ٦ في "ب" و "ن" زيادة: "نعمة". ٧ في "أ" "ولا بأس بأسماء الملائكة". وكذا في "م".