Giving Charity (in Silver) Equal to the Weight of a Newborn’s Hair
What seems correct is that it was a Sunnah she learned from the Messenger – may Allāh raise his rank and grant him peace – to give the weight of the newborn’s (shaven) hair in silver.
Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Bāzmūl
[Q]: I asked: Our shaykh! It has been reported that Fāṭimah – may Allāh be pleased with her – used to give charity (in silver) equal to the weight of her newborn’s hair after shaving it on the seventh day. Is that a Sunnah she got from the Prophet – may Allāh raise his rank and grant him peace – or was it her own preferred way of giving (optional) charity?
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