- January 12, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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Bringing a newborn into the world is one of the most precious and wonderful times in a family’s history. It’s a time to rejoice, celebrate, and express gratitude for life’s wonder. As new parents, our goal is to make sure our babies have the greatest life possible and are safe, and healthy.
Prayers and supplications are made for the safety and well-being of the baby and their family in a variety of cultures and religions.
There are prayers or duas, said in Islam for a newborn baby. These duas ask Allah to safeguard the infant and shower the kid and family with benefits and mercy.
The fundamental idea behind dua (supplication) putting outside of prescribed acts of devotion is that there are no rules; the one making the supplication is free to use any wording that best serves his purpose.
The future is mentioned in the dua in the sense that when the person matures and becomes established on the road of righteousness, they may mentor others in the same direction and treat their parents with kindness.
The Prophet’s Sunah does not provide a specific manner in which congratulations should be given on the birth of a child.
However, the author of the book Hisnul Muslim discussed this dua for congratulating new parents and how they ought to answer it.
The Dua is written in Arabic as
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوبِ لَكَ، وَشَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ، وَبَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ، وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهُ
Transliteration
Baarakallaahu laka fil-mawhoobi laka, wa shakartal-waahiba, wa balagha ‘ashuddahu, wa ruziqta birrahu.
Al-Hasan al-Basri is the narrator of this dua. The scholars viewed it as mustahabb (recommended) to give prayer in the terms related to al-Hasan al-Basri, as mentioned by Imam an-Nawawi in al-Majmu‘ (8/443) and in al-Adhkar (p. 289), and by Ibn Qudamah in al-Mughni (9/464).
Additionally, they considered it mustahabb to request the lines related by Ayyub as-Sakhtiyani (may Allah have mercy on him); he would say, “When I offer congratulations on the birth of a baby,”
“May Allah grant him blessings upon you and the Muhammadan ummah.” (Narrated by Ibn Abi’d-Dunya in al-‘Iyal (no. 202).
The individual receiving the congratulations responds by saying:
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً، وَرَزَقَكَ اللَّهُ مِثْلَهُ، وَأَجْزَلَ ثَوَابَكَ
Transliteration
Baarakallahu laka wa baaraka ‘alayka, wa jazaakallaahu khayran, wa razaqakallaahu mithlahu, wa ‘ajzala thawaabaka.
Adhan and newborn iqamah
As part of the Sunnahs for greeting the newborn, the scholars stated that the Adhan should be spoken into the infant’s right ear so that the words of Tawhid will be the first thing he hears when he wakes up, which will have a wonderful and fortunate impact on the child.
About reciting the iqamah in the child’s left ear, there is nothing to indicate that this is essential. (Al-Da’ifah Al-Silsilat, 1/491)
We beseech Allah to keep our children safe and sound both here on Earth and in the Hereafter, and to shield us and them from all evil. May the Prophet Muhammad be blessed by Allah.