When his mother gave birth, they took the child to the Prophet ﷺ so he could perform the tahnik. He said, the Prophet ﷺ was in a livestock pen branding sheep.Shuba said, to the best of my knowledge, he said he was branding them on their ears.
حدثنا محمد بن جعفر حدثنا شعبة عن هشام بن زيد قال سمعت
أن أمه حين ولدت انطلقوا بالصبي إلى النبي ﷺ ليحنكه قال فإذا النبي ﷺ في مربد يسم غنما قال شعبة وأكبر علمي أنه قال في آذانها