Special Treatments for the Newborn
Al-Kāfi|Volume 6|Book 1|Chapter 13
5- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) حَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِالتَّمْرِ هَكَذَا فَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِالْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليهما السلام ).
5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Qasim ibn Yahya from his grandfather al-Hassan ibn Rashid from abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who said: “’Amir al-Mu’minin عليه السلام has said, ‘Feed your newborn children dates, because the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم did so with al-Hassan and al-Husayn, peace be upon them both.”’
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/43)
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