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) Chapter: Special Treatments for the Newborn وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى حَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُ٠َاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ بِتُرْبَةِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلا٠4.

In another Hadith it is said: ‘You should drop water from the Euphrates and soil from the grave of al-Husayn (a.s.) in the mouth of your children, and if it is not possible, then water from the sky (rain).’ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/43))