Adhan in one ear of child
Mu' meneen
Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
When my daughter was born i gave azaan in one ear only as i never
knew. nor have i given
silver for the weight of her hair. i
still hv her hair. do i do anything with it. n plz tell me how wht shall i do now for the azaan.
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Answer:
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.
Giving the ‘adhaan’ or call to prayer in one ear of the new born would suffice to fulfill the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Regarding the giving of charity or sadaqah
for the weight of the hair of the new born, you may do so now as a sign of
being grateful to Allah Subhanah for His favors, and to fulfill the Sunnah of
the Messenger of Allah (saws).
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.
Al-Muwatta Hadith
26.2
Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad that his father said, "Fatima, the
daughter of the Messenger of Allah (saws), weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum, and gave away in sadaqa an equivalent weight of
silver."
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,
Wister