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Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Abraham did his circumcision with an adze* at the age of eighty." Narrated Abu Az-Zinad: (as above) With an adze*. * a type of cured blade axe.

البخاري:٣٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَهْوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً بِالْقَدُّومِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ بِالْقَدُومِ مُخَفَّفَةً

تَابَعَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ تَابَعَهُ عَجْلاَنُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

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muslim:2370 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Mughīrah / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥizāmī > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Huraira reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as having said that Ibrahim (as) circumcised himself with the help of an adze when he was eighty years old.

مسلم:٢٣٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيَّ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اخْتَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً بِالْقَدُومِ

suyuti:781a –

Abu Huraira reported Messenger of Allah ﷺ as having said that Ibrahim (as) circumcised himself with the help of an adze when he was eighty years old. (Using translation from Muslim 2370)

السيوطي:٧٨١a –

"اختتن إبراهيمُ عليه السلامُ وهو ابن ثمانين سنةً بالقدُوم " .

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أبى هريرة