Hadith
Etiquettes of Bringing up The Children
'6. After birth, bathe the infant and say adhan in its right and qamat in its left ear. On the birth of Hadrat Husain (God be pleased with him), the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had said adhan and Iqamat in his ears". (Tabrani)
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is also reported to have affirmed: "Whenever someone begets a child and says Adhan in its right and Iqamat in its left ear, the child is immunished against the affiction of Umm-ul-Sibiyan1 by this act." (Abu Ya'la)
There is great wisdom in conveying the names of God and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to the ears of a new-born infant.
"In his work entitled 'Tuhfa-tul-wadud', 'Allama Ibn Qayyim observes: The significance of this act is that the proclamation of the Greatness and Glory of God should be the first to reach the ears of a human being". And the affirmation of belief which he will render in full consciousness later in order to enter the fold of Islam should be conveyed to him in the very first day of his life as a man is prompted to recite Kalimah Tauhid (Affirmation of belief in One God) at the time of his death. Another advantage of saying the Adhan and Iqamat in the ears of the child is that the devil, who lies in ambush planning to entrap the human being in trails, flees on hearing the sound of Adhan and before the devil can draw the soul of the child towards himself, the child is called towards Islam and worship of God".
7. After the Adhan and Iqamat get a date chewed by some pious man or woman and paste its pulp on the palate of the infant and ask that man or woman to offer a prayer invoking grace and blessings of God upon the child. Hadrat Asma (God be pleased with her) reports: "When 'Abdullah ibn Zubair (God be pleased with him) was born I put him in the lap of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked for a date, chewed it and applied his sacred saliva inside the mouth and pasted the chewed pulp of date on the palste of 'Abdullah ibn Zubair (God be pleased with him). After wards, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) offered a prayer invoking grace and blessings of God upon the child".
Hadrat 'A'isha (God be pleased with her) states: "Infants were brought to the presence of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to tehnik1 and pray for the favour and blessings of God upto them". (Muslim)
When Hadrat Imam Ahmad ibn hanbal (may God be merciful to him) was blessed with a child, he asked for Meccan date which was available in the home and requested a pious lady Umm 'Ali (may God show her mercy) to perform the Tehnik.
8. Give your child a fine name, preferably a name resembling that of the Prophets (peace be upon them) or put a frefix 'Abd with some attribute of God, just as 'Abd-Allah or 'Abd-rahman, to make up a name for your child.
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has affirmed: "On the Day of judgement, you shall be called by your names. So prescribe fine names for yourselves". (Abu Dawud)
Furthermore, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) observed: "Among all your names 'Abdullah and, 'Abdul Rahman are the most favourite of God". In addition, the Prophet: "Prescribe those names which resemble the names of the Prophets (peace be upon them)"
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