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) عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ خُثَيْ٠ٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠َا تُكَنَّى قَالَ قُلْتُ ٠َا اكْتَنَيْتُ بَعْدُ وَ ٠ِنْ وَلَدٍ وَ لَا ا٠ْرَأَةٍ وَ لَا جَارِيَةٍ قَالَ فَ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلا٠َا هُوَ قُلْتُ بَلَغَنَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلا٠َنِ اكْتَنَى وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَهْلٌ فَهُوَ أَبُو جَعْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠) شَوْهٌ لَيْسَ هَذَا ٠ِنْ حَدِيثِ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلا٠) إِنَّا لَنُكَنِّي أَوْلَادَنَا فِي صِغَرِهِ٠َخَافَةَ النَّبَزِ أَنْ يَلْحَقَ بِهِ٠11.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Salih al-Sindiy from Ja‘far ibn Bashir from Sa‘id ibn Khuthaym from Mu’ammar ibn Khuthaym who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once asked me, ‘What is your Kunyah (father of so and so or son of so and so)?’ I replied, ‘I have no Kunyah yet; I have no son or wife or daughter.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘What keeps you from having one?’ I replied, ‘It is a Hadith which is narrated from Ali (a.s.).

’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘What is it?’ I replied, ‘Ali (a.s.), has said, “If one adopts a Kunyah and he does not have a wife he then is father of al-Ja‘r (dried up dung).”’ Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), then said that it is forged and it is not of Hadith of Ali (a.s.). We give Kunyah to our children in their childhood for fear of bad names being ascribed to them.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/34))