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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Ibrahim ﷺ was circumcised when he was eighty years old. He was circumcised with an axe (qadum)."

الأدب المفرد:١٢٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ بَعْدَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً وَاخْتَتَنَ بِالْقَدُومِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي مَوْضِعًا

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bukhari:6298 – Abū al-Yamān > Shuʿayb b. Abū Ḥamzah > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said "The Prophet) Abraham circumcised himself after he had passed the age of eighty years and he circumcised himself with an adze."

البخاري:٦٢٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَعْدَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً وَاخْتَتَنَ بِالْقَدُومِ مُخَفَّفَةً۔» حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ وَقَالَ بِالْقَدُّومِ وَهُوَ مَوْضِعٌ مُشَدَّدٌ