Hadhrat Faatima (Radhiallaahu Anha) reports that when it was time for her to
deliver her child, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) sent Hadhrat
Umme Salmah and Hadhrat Zaynab (Radhiallaahu Anhumaa) to me with the advise
to read Aayaatul Kursi, Surah Falaq and An-Naas and the following verse of
the noble Qur’aan,
‘Indeed your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six
Days, and then He rose over (Istawa) the Throne (really in a manner that
suits His Majesty), He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it
rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His
Command. Surely, He is the Creation and Commandment. Blessed is Allah, the
Lord of the Aalamiin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)! (A’araaf 54)
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.