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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  

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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Ibrahim, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 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