Is it permissible to perform tahnik for a child after the death of the Messenger?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: It is a continuation of seeking blessing (tabarruk).
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: The tahnik, which is known from the Sunnah, is it permissible now, after the death of the Messenger, to perform tahnik for the small child?
The Shaykh: It has no connection to the Messenger here, and the matter is completely separate from what we were discussing. The matter relates to following the Messenger in what he did for others, not that we do for someone other than the Messenger what the Companions of the Messenger did for the Messenger. This tahnik, first, as I mentioned earlier, is following the Messenger, unless a specific restriction is established. Second, the practice of the Muslims continued, the later generations following the earlier ones, so it is a recommended practice (sunnah) concerning fathers and their children, and it has no connection to a man of great status with Allah, like the Messenger, whom we would analogize to the Messenger.
The questioner: What is the operative cause ('illah) in tahnik?
The Shaykh: The operative cause in what?
The questioner: In tahnik.
The Shaykh: Tahnik.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Following the Messenger, as I said.
The questioner: And the Companions would bring their children to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that the first thing to enter their stomachs would be the saliva of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: There is no disagreement on this; the answer has already been given.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given.
The student: We say that this is specific to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: No, my brother, I am telling you that the practice of the Muslims continued, some of them with others.
The questioner: Is it established from the Companions?
The Shaykh : Nor...
The questioner: Where do we find the reports (athar) of the Companions?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Some of the reports, may Allah reward you with good, if you remember regarding tahnik from someone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), from the Companions.
The Shaykh: In the book "Al-Musannaf" by "Abd al-Razzaq" and "Al-Musannaf" by Ibn Abi Shaybah.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The student: ... Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: If the time has ended.
The Shaykh: Ended what?
The student: If he has finished the answer, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, I have finished.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: It is a continuation of seeking blessing (tabarruk).
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: The tahnik, which is known from the Sunnah, is it permissible now, after the death of the Messenger, to perform tahnik for the small child?
The Shaykh: It has no connection to the Messenger here, and the matter is completely separate from what we were discussing. The matter relates to following the Messenger in what he did for others, not that we do for someone other than the Messenger what the Companions of the Messenger did for the Messenger. This tahnik, first, as I mentioned earlier, is following the Messenger, unless a specific restriction is established. Second, the practice of the Muslims continued, the later generations following the earlier ones, so it is a recommended practice (sunnah) concerning fathers and their children, and it has no connection to a man of great status with Allah, like the Messenger, whom we would analogize to the Messenger.
The questioner: What is the operative cause ('illah) in tahnik?
The Shaykh: The operative cause in what?
The questioner: In tahnik.
The Shaykh: Tahnik.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Following the Messenger, as I said.
The questioner: And the Companions would bring their children to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that the first thing to enter their stomachs would be the saliva of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: There is no disagreement on this; the answer has already been given.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given.
The student: We say that this is specific to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh: No, my brother, I am telling you that the practice of the Muslims continued, some of them with others.
The questioner: Is it established from the Companions?
The Shaykh : Nor...
The questioner: Where do we find the reports (athar) of the Companions?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Some of the reports, may Allah reward you with good, if you remember regarding tahnik from someone other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), from the Companions.
The Shaykh: In the book "Al-Musannaf" by "Abd al-Razzaq" and "Al-Musannaf" by Ibn Abi Shaybah.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The student: ... Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: If the time has ended.
The Shaykh: Ended what?
The student: If he has finished the answer, I mean.
The Shaykh: Yes, I have finished.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
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