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Naming a newborn baby

Q: Please explain how should a new born baby be given a name? Should the name be given with azaan?

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A: When a baby is born, we are commanded to (after cleansing the child) immediately call out the azaan in the right ear and iqaamat in the left. On the seventh day after childbirth, the child should be given a name. Naming the child before the seventh day is also permissible. 

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

يستحب لمن ولد له ولد أن يسميه يوم أسبوعه ويحلق رأسه ويتصدق عند الأئمة الثلاثة بزنة شعره فضة أو ذهبا ثم يعق عند الحلق عقيقة إباحة على ما في الجامع المحبوبي أو تطوعا على ما في شرح الطحاوي وهي شاة تصلح للأضحية تذبح للذكر والأنثى سواء فرق لحمها نيئا أو طبخه بحموضة أو بدونها مع كسر عظمها أو لا واتخاذه دعوة أو لا وبه قال مالك وسنها الشافعي وأحمد سنة مؤكدة شاتان عن الغلام وشاة عن الجارية. (رد المحتار 6/336)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)


Q: I do understand the first azaan when the baby is born. Please explain the naming on the 7th day, should the name be given in the ear with azaan again?

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A: No. Azaan will not be given on the seventh day. If the name has not been kept before the seventh day then one should keep the name on the seventh day.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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