The Ruling on Tahnik for a Young Child
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The questioner:
Now, when the child is born, is it our custom to place him in the care of a wet nurse and have him drink certain things? Is there a recommended practice (sunnah) that they make him drink water or something from the penis?
The Shaykh:
Tahnik is a matter where one is asked to perform tahnik. May Allah have mercy on him, it is done with the finger, if his mother or his father does it. Yes.
The questioner:
But it is done after he has eaten something.
The Shaykh:
I do not know of this matter. Yes.
Now, when the child is born, is it our custom to place him in the care of a wet nurse and have him drink certain things? Is there a recommended practice (sunnah) that they make him drink water or something from the penis?
The Shaykh:
Tahnik is a matter where one is asked to perform tahnik. May Allah have mercy on him, it is done with the finger, if his mother or his father does it. Yes.
The questioner:
But it is done after he has eaten something.
The Shaykh:
I do not know of this matter. Yes.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (18:35)
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