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: Words to Say on ‘Aqiqah َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَ٠ْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ ٠ُصَدِّقِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ عَ٠ُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَذْبَحَ الْعَقِيقَةَ قُلْتَ يَا قَوْ٠ِ إِنِّي بَرِي‏ءٌ ٠َّا تُشْرِكُونَ إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّ٠َاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ حَنِيفاً ٠ُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَ نُسُكِي وَ ٠َاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَ٠ِينَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ بِذَلِكَ أُ٠ِنْكَ وَ لَكَ بِسْ٠ِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ٠َّدٍ وَ تَقَبَّلْ ٠ِنْ فُلَانِ بْنِ فُلَانٍ وَ تُسَ٠4.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Amr in Sa‘id from Musaddiq ibn Sadaqah from ‘Ammar ibn Musa who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when you decide to slaughter the animal for ‘Aqiqah say, ‘O my people I denounce what you consider partners (of Allah). I turn my face to the One who has invented the skies and earth, purely in obedience to Him and I am not a pagan.

My Salat (prayer), acts of worship, life and death are in obedience to the Lord of the worlds. Allah does not have any partners. This is what I am commanded to do and believe and I am the first to submit to the will of Allah. O Lord, (it is) from You, for You, in the name of Allah, Allah is great beyond description.

O Lord, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and accept from so and so son of so and so ’ - mention the name of the newborn then slaughter the offering for ‘Aqiqah.” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/55))