Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Children in the Qur’an and Sunnah Chapter 5: Ornamentation and Playing 5.1: Ornamenting Children 373. al-Kafi, narrating from Abu Sabah who said: “I asked Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) about ornamenting children with gold and he (a.s.) said: “‘Ali ibn al-Husayn [al-Sajjad] (a.s.) would put gold and silver ornaments [jewellery] on his children and women.”[^1] 374.
al-Kafi, narrating from Husayn ibn Khalid who said: “When I asked Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (a.s.) about when to congratulate for a child’s birth, he said: ‘When Hasan ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was born Gabriel descended on the seventh day to congratulate the Prophet (s.a.w.) and ordered him to choose a name and nickname for him, shave his head, sacrifice an offering and make a hole on his ear.
The same thing happened when Husayn (a.s.) was born, where on the seventh day Gabriel came to the Prophet (s.a.w.) and ordered him to do the same things.” He then said: “They had two ringlets on the left ear. The hole in the right ear was on the earlobe and the hole on the left ear was on the upper part.
The right ear had an earring ( qurt ) and the left ear had an ear ornament ( shanf ).”[^2] تَزيينُ الأطفالِ الكافي عن أبي الصّباح: سَألتُ أبا عَبدِ اللهِ عليه السلام عَنِ الذَّهَبِ يُحَلَّى بِهِ الصِّبيانُ، فَقالَ: كانَ عَلِيّ بنُ الحُسَينِ عليه السلام يُحَلّي وُلدَهُ ونِساءَهُ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ.
الكافي عن الحسين بن خالد: سَألتُ أبَا الحَسَنِ الرِّضا عليه السلام عَنِ التَّهنِئَةِ بِالوَلَدِ مَتى؟ فَقالَ: إِنَّهُ قالَ: لَمّا وُلِدَ الحَسَنُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام هَبَطَ جَبرَئيلُ بِالتَّهنِئَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وآله فِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ، وأمَرَهُ أن يُسَمِّيَهُ ويُكَنِّيَهُ ويَحلِقَ رَأسَهُ ويَعُقَّ عَنهُ ويَثقُبَ أُذُنَهُ، وكَذلِكَ كانَ حينَ وُلِدَ الحُسَينُ عليه السلام، أتاهُ فِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِمِثلِ ذلِكَ.
قالَ: وكانَ لَهُما ذُؤابَتانِ فِي القَرنِ الأيْسَرِ، وكانَ الثَّقبُ في الأُذُنِ اليُمنى فِي شَحمَةِ الأُذُنِ، وفي اليُسرى فِي أعلَى الأُذُنِ، فَالقُرطُ فِي اليُمنى وَالشَّنفُ فِي اليُسرى. 5.2: Praising the Playfulness of Children 375. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The child’s playfulness in his childhood causes his intellect to strengthen in his adult age.”[^3] 376.