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 ”