Special Treatments for the Newborn

Al-Kāfi|Volume 6|Book 1|Chapter 13

Al-Kāfi

Volume 6, Book 1, Chapter 13

Special Treatments for the Newborn

Hadith #4

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى حَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ بِتُرْبَةِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَبِمَاءِ السَّمَاءِ .

4. In another Hadith it is said: ‘You should drop water from the Euphrates and soil from the grave of al-Husayn in the mouth of your children, and if it is not possible, then water from the sky (rain).’

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/43)