Aqiqa rites and good name
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Dear Brother Burhan,
Assalamu Alaikum,
I am Muhammad Hasan from
Jazer kallahul khair, Thank you for your every mails. I have one
and half year old son, His name is Muhammad Hamza. Insha Allah my next baby
will born on or arround December last week.
Please advice me about AKIKAH and also choose a Islamic name for
my new baby. The doctor tell me the next baby is also a son.But it is upon
Allah. So please choose 2 names ( son and daugter ).
Waiting for your reply.
Allah Hafeez.
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Answer:
Aqiqa
rites and good name
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah
Subhanah bless you and your family in this world and in the Hereafter.
Q-1:
Please advice me about AKIKAH
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2832 Narrated
by Samurah ibn Jundub
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘A boy is in pledge for his Aqiqah,
sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved and he is
given name.’
The rite
of the Aqiqah sacrifice is a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and is as
done follows:
Sacrifice
of two sheeps or goats if boy, and one
sheep or goat if girl on the 7th day after the birth of the baby
After the
Aqiqah on 7th day, assign a good name to the baby.
Shave the
head and give weight of hair in silver as sadaqa (charity).
Eat the
meat yourself and distribute to friends/family and needy.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4154 Narrated
by Ali ibn AbuTalib
Allah's Messenger (saws) sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day
for al-Hasan and said, "Shave his head, Fatimah, and give the weight of
his hair in silver as sadaqah." So they weighed it and it amounted to a
dirham or part of a dirham.
Q-2:
also choose a Islamic name for my new baby. The doctor tell me the next baby is
also a son.But it is upon Allah. So please choose 2 names ( son and daugter ).
Among the
best Islamic names are Abd-Allah and Abd-ar-Rahmaan. Also,
any name whereby one declares his subjugation to one of the many
attributes of Allah, like
Abddus-Shukoor, Abdul-Maalik, Abdur-Razzaak, Abdul-Khaalik, etc. are considered good Islamic names.
Then
there are the names of any of the Prophets of Allah like Adam, Nooh,
Ibraheem, Moosa, Yahya,
Isa, Idrees, Sulaimaan,
Dawood, Mohamed, etc.
Any of these names are good names for boys.
And then
there are the hundreds if not thousands of names of the noble companions of the
Last Messenger of Allah (saws) like Abu Bakr,
Umar, Uthman, Ali,
Bilaal, Salmaan, Hudhaifa,
Khalid, Ammaar, Yaasir,
etc. Any of these names will be
considered good Islamic names.
For a
female, one can use the names of any of
the wives or mothers or daughters of the Prophets; like Sarah,
Hajrah, Maryam, Aisha,
Fatemah, Zainab, Safeeyah, Hafsah, etc.
The deen
of Islam is rich in history… from the times of Prophet Adam (a.s.) to the
present day… And any good name of any of
the God-fearing and pious slaves of Allah would make for a good Islamic name
for the new born.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister