Ali bin al-Husayn from Abu Rafi (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him), she said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I not perform the aqiqah for my son? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, but shave his head and give in charity to the poor silver coins equal to the weight of his hair - or he said: silver." When she gave birth to Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), she did the same for him. Musa bin Dawud said in his narration: "To the homeless travellers and the poor."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that when Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) gave birth to Sayyiduna Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), she intended to perform the aqiqah for him with a large ram. She came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not perform the aqiqah for him with anything; rather, shave the hair of his head, then give silver equal to its weight in charity in the path of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to homeless travellers." Then the following year she gave birth to Sayyiduna Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and she did the same for him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever guards what is between his two jaws and what is between his two thighs will enter Paradise."

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered a sacrifice, he would buy two fat, horned, black-and-white rams. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had addressed the people and led the prayer, one of them would be brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was standing at his place of prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would slaughter it with his own hand with a knife, then say: "This is on behalf of my entire Ummah, whoever has testified to Your Oneness and testified that I conveyed the message." Then the other would be brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would slaughter it himself as well, then say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." Then he would give both of them to the poor, and he and his household would eat from them.

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered a sacrifice, he would bring two fat, horned, black-and-white, perfect rams. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had addressed the people, given the salam and finished, one of them would be brought to him (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was standing at his place of prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would slaughter it with his own hand, then say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of my Ummah, whoever has testified to Your Oneness and testified for me that I conveyed the message." Then the other would be brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would slaughter it himself as well, then say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad." He (peace and blessings be upon him) and his (peace and blessings be upon him) household would eat from them, and he would feed both of them to the poor. So several years passed in which no man of Banu Hashim offered a sacrifice; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, had sufficed them this expense through the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to offer a sacrifice, he would buy two horned, black-and-white rams. When he had prayed and delivered the sermon, he would call for one of them at his place of prayer and slaughter it, then say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of my entire Ummah, whoever has testified to Your Oneness and testified that I conveyed the message." Then he would come to the other and slaughter it, then say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and his household."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sacrificed two black-and-white, horned rams.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the mu'adhdhin called the adhan, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would repeat the same words that he said, and when he said "Hayya 'ala al-salah (Come to the prayer)", he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no might and no power except with Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that no religion other than the religion of Islam should remain in Madinah; rather, it should be expelled.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called the adhan in the ears of Sayyiduna Hasan and Sayyiduna Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) when they were born, and he also ordered it.