Mishkat al-Masabih #3982
Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
عَن سلمانَ بن عامرٍ الضَّبي قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَعَ الْغُلَامِ عَقِيقَةٌ فَأَهْرِيقُوا عَنْهُ دَمًا وأمِيطوا عَنهُ الْأَذَى» . رَوَاهُ البُخَارِيّ
Salman b. ‘Amir ad Dabbl told that he heard God's messenger say, “Along with a boy there is an ‘aqiqa, so shed blood on his behalf and remove injury from him.”*
*This is variously explained as shaving the hair of the infant, or removing the impurities with which it is defiled at birth, or even circumcision.
Bukhari transmitted it.
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This hadith is #3982 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered.