Is the adhan, iqamah, and naming of the newborn to be done on the seventh day?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Is the adhan for the newborn in his left ear and the iqamah
The Shaykh : in his right ear? The adhan is in the right ear.
The questioner : ... and the iqamah in the left ear. Is this to be done on the seventh day, or on the first day, or when is it to be done?
The Shaykh : First: We must ask: Is this among the prescribed matters or not? Because the hadiths reported regarding this are not of that strength, especially the iqamah. And whoever authenticated the hadiths reported regarding this said: It is to be done at the birth of the newborn, as came in these hadiths.
And the wisdom behind this is that the first thing to reach his hearing is the adhan, the call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the call to prayer. This is the aspect of it being at the time of birth.
As for the naming of the newborn: If his name has been designated before birth, he is named at the time of birth, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon his family one day and said: But if his name has not been designated before his birth, it is better that the naming be on the seventh day, because it is the day on which his 'aqiqah is slaughtered and his head is shaved, if he is a male.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
Is the adhan for the newborn in his left ear and the iqamah
The Shaykh : in his right ear? The adhan is in the right ear.
The questioner : ... and the iqamah in the left ear. Is this to be done on the seventh day, or on the first day, or when is it to be done?
The Shaykh : First: We must ask: Is this among the prescribed matters or not? Because the hadiths reported regarding this are not of that strength, especially the iqamah. And whoever authenticated the hadiths reported regarding this said: It is to be done at the birth of the newborn, as came in these hadiths.
And the wisdom behind this is that the first thing to reach his hearing is the adhan, the call to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the call to prayer. This is the aspect of it being at the time of birth.
As for the naming of the newborn: If his name has been designated before birth, he is named at the time of birth, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon his family one day and said: