Salim said, "Ibn 'Umar, Nu'aym and I were circumcised and they
sacrificed a ram on our behalf. I think that we were more happy about it
than the other children since a ram had been sacrificed on our behalf."
An old woman from Kufa, the grandmother of 'Ali ibn Ghurab, reported
that Umm al-Muhajir said, "I was captured with some girls from Byzantium.
'Uthman offered us Islam, but only myself and one other girl accepted Islam.
'Uthman said, 'Go and circumcise them and purify them.'"
Umm 'Alqama related that when the daughters of 'A'isha's brother
were circumcised, 'A'isha was asked, "Shall we call someone to amuse them?"
"Yes," she replied. 'Adi was sent for and he came to them. 'A'isha passed
by the room and saw him singing and shaking his head in rapture - and
he had a large head of hair. 'Uff!' she exclaimed, 'A shaytan! Get him
out! Get him out!'"
أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً، وَاخْتَتَنَ بِالْقَدُومِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ: يَعْنِي مَوْضِعًا.
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Ibrahim, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, was circumcised when he was eighty years old. He was circumcised
with an axe (qadum)."
