عَقَّ أَبُو طَالِبٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ وَ دَعَا آلَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالُوا مَا هَذِهِ فَقَالَ عَقِيقَةُ أَحْمَدَ قَالُوا لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سَمَّيْتَهُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ سَمَّيْتُهُ أَحْمَدَ لِمَحْمَدَةِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bundar, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Ahmar, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan, from Abu Al Abbas, from Ja’far Bin Ismail, from Idrees, from Abu Al Saib, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> from his<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Abu Talib<sup>as</sup> performed <span class="iTxt">Aqeeqa</span> for Rasoo-Allah<sup>saww</sup> on the seventh day, and invited the progeny of Abu Talib<sup>as</sup>, so they said, ‘What is this?’ So he<sup>as</sup> said: ‘<span class="iTxt">Aqeeqa</span> of Ahmad<sup>saww</sup>’. They said, ‘You<sup>as</sup> have named him<sup>saww</sup> as Ahmad?’ He<sup>as</sup> said: ‘I<sup>as</sup> named him<sup>saww</sup> Ahmad due to the praises of the inhabitants of the sky and the earth’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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