Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠َا يَبَرُّ الرَّجُلُ وَلَدَهُ أَنْ يُسَ٠ٍ حَسَنٍ فَلْيُحْسِنْ أَحَدُكُ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Khalid from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “The first good thing that a father can do to his children is to give them good names. You must find a good name for (each of) your children.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/32))