Arabic (Original)
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَشْعَثَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحُسَامِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ أَنَّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ حِينَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَعُقَّ عَنْهُ بِكَبْشٍ عَظِيمٍ فَأَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا لَا تَعُقِّي عَنْهُ بِشَيْءٍ وَلَكِنِ احْلِقِي شَعْرَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ تَصَدَّقِي بِوَزْنِهِ مِنَ الْوَرِقِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ ﷻ أَوْ عَلَى ابْنِ السَّبِيلِ وَوَلَدَتِ الْحُسَيْنَ مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ فَصَنَعَتْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ ابْنُ عَقِيلٍ وَهُوَ إِنْ صَحَّ فَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى الْعَقِيقَةَ عَنْهُمَا بِنَفْسِهِ كَمَا رُوِّينَاهُ فَأَمَرَهَا بِغَيْرِهَا وَهُوَ التَّصَدُّقُ بِوَزْنِ شَعْرِهِمَا مِنَ الْوَرِقِ وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ
English Translation
Abu Sa'id al-Sayrafi informed us through chains > Abdullah ibn Muhammad > Ali ibn Husayn > Abu Rafi': When Fatimah bore al-Hasan ibn Ali (peace be upon them), she wanted to perform aqiqah for him with a large ram. She came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he said: 'Do not perform aqiqah for him with anything. Rather, shave the hair of his head and give in charity its weight in silver in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, or to the wayfarer.' She bore al-Husayn the following year and did the same. Ibn Aqil is the only narrator of this, and if authentic, it seems he wanted to perform the aqiqah for them himself, so he directed her to do something else — giving charity with the weight of their hair in silver. And success is from Allah.