Is it permissible to cut the hair of a baby who has not become one year old yet?

Is it a sin to cut the hair of a baby who has not become one year old yet? Some people say it is a sin; what should we do with the hair that is cut?

Dear Brother / Sister,

It is not a sin to cut the hair of a baby who has not become one year old yet; on the contrary, it is sunnah.

The first hair of the newborn baby is called aqiqa; seven days after the birth, all or some of the hair on the head of the baby is cut and a name is given to the baby; the animal that is sacrificed after that is called sacrifice of aqiqa.

The following is reported from Hz. Aisha:

"The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) ordered us to sacrifice two animals for male babies and one animal for female babies to be sacrificed." (Ibn Majah hadith no: 3163, Dhabaih, no: 1515).

According to the narration of Hz. Aisha, the Prophet (pbuh) sacrificed animals for Hasan and Husayn, his grandsons, on the seventh day of their birth and named them. (Tajrid Sarikh Translation, XI / 401)

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