Fatwa ID: 05885

Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed bin Mohamed Umarji

Question:

Is giving the weight of a newborn’s hair in sadaqah proven from the sunnah

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer: 

It is sunnah  to shave the baby head, give silver in charity equal in weight of the hair

Ali bin Abi Talib said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had the ‘Aqiqah for Al-Hasan with one sheep, and said: ‘O Fatimah! Shave his head and give the weight of his hair in silver as charity.'” He said: “So I weighed it, and it was the weight of a Dirham or a bit of a Dirham.”¹

Only Allah knows best

Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

1 Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1519

عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ عَقَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بِشَاةٍ وَقَالَ ‏ “‏ يَا فَاطِمَةُ احْلِقِي رَأْسَهُ وَتَصَدَّقِي بِزِنَةِ شَعْرِهِ فِضَّةً ‏”