When a new baby is born into a Muslim family, the following events take place: The Adhan (a statement of faith) is whispered into the baby's right ear as soon after birth as possible. The baby is also given something sweet to taste. The Aqiqah is a ceremony on the 7th day.
AQIQAH. A sheep is offered in sacrifice for every newborn child as a sign of gratitude to Allah. This is usually performed on the seventh day, and the meat is distributed among family members and the poor.
How do you say congratulations when a baby is born in Islam? Well we can say “Mabrouk!” meaning congratulations. We also make du'a and ask for blessings.
He said: “May Allah make him a blessing to you and to the ummah of Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).” We ask Allah, may He be exalted, to make all the children of the Muslims a blessing to their parents and to the ummah of Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him).
An Aqiqah ceremony is a celebration where the meat from the sacrificed animal is cooked and shared with family, friends and members of the community who are in need. Islamic Relief runs an Aqiqah Project to which allows people to donate Aqiqah meat directly to those most in need.
For Muslims the period of postnatal seclusion traditionally lasts 40 days. The religious rituals are performed on the 40th day and these include shaving the child's head, as a vaginal birth is considered unclean. This act permits, what is considered, the growth of 'new' and 'clean' hair [33].
The animal(s) must be healthy, meet the requirements for minimal age for slaughter and not be slaughtered in sight of other animals. For a baby boy, two animals are sacrificed. For a baby girl, one animal is sacrificed. The sacrifice is then divided between the family members who are carrying out the sacrifice.
The first practice to do is to call the Athaan in the ear of the baby, so that the first words that the baby hears is the name of Allah, and the Kalimah (There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah).
Righteous God, I thank You for this newborn baby. I pray for great things in this infant's life because You know the plans that You have for my child, plans to prosper and not to harm him. I thank You because I know that the plans that You have made are to give my child hope and a future.
Imam al-Nawawi stated in al-Majmu': It is sunnah to shave the hair of a newborn baby on the seventh day. Our madhhab stated that it is also sunnah to give in charity the equivalent weight in gold of the weight of the baby's hair.
Liqaa'aat al-Baab il-Maftooh (86/question no. 17). To sum up: Caesarean section should not be resorted to except in cases of necessity, when natural childbirth is not possible, or it poses a danger to the mother or the child. And Allaah knows best.
Aqiqah is an Islamic ritual performed upon the birth of a child. This ceremony expresses thankfulness to Allah S.W.T for blessing the family with offspring. In addition, the Aqiqah celebration is a Sunnah where the meat from the sacrificed animal is shared with family, friends and deprived members of the community.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When a person's child dies, Allah the Most High asks His angels, 'Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave? ' They reply in the affirmative.
O my Allah, I beseech You in the name of that which Zakariyyaa referred to: O Lord, do not leave me alone (childless), though You are the best of inheritors. O my Allah, bestow on me a goodly offspring from You; verily, You are the hearer of prayers.
تهانينا. Congratulations on your new arrival! تهانينا على مولودك الجديد!
The literal meaning of Mashallah is "God has willed it", in the sense of "what God has willed has happened"; it is used to say something good has happened, used in the past tense. Inshallah, literally "if God has willed", is used similarly but to refer to a future event.
Then it is recommended to name by any name which has good meaning. It is forbidden to name a child with a name that denote servitude to other than Allah, for example Abd An-Nabi, Abd Ar-Rasool, etc., just as it is forbidden to name them with names that are particular to the non-Muslims like George, Michael, Susan, etc.
Who should perform Aqiqah? Aqiqah is performed by the parents or guardians of the newborn child. According to the majority of scholars, every adult Muslim who is eligible to pay Zakat or has enough money to perform Aqiqah should do so. A small animal (sheep or goat) counts as one Aqiqah.
According to another hadith from Ja'far al-Sadiq, every born is in pawn of aqeeqah; namely it would be exposed to death/kinds of calamities if they don't do aqeeqah for the child. It is Sunnah for the parents to eat from the meat of aqiqah.
– The Aqiqah should be performed on the 7th day after birth.
In the Islamic religion, the sacred months or inviolable months are four months of the Islamic calendar (Dhu al-Qadah, Dhu'l-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab). Fighting is forbidden during these months except in response to aggression.
“He makes you in the wombs of your mothers in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness..” This statement is from Sura 39:6.