2. With this chain of narrators, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from Hasan bin Ali, from Ahmad bin ‘A’idh, from Ibn Salama, and he is Abu Khadija, and his name is Salem bin Makram, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said:

Blood-letting on the head is performed by a shibr [1] from the tip of the nose (vertically) and a fitr [2] between the eyebrows. The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, used to call it the saving. In another narration, he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, used to perform blood-letting on his head and name it as the refuging or the saving.