Who can give azan to a new born baby?
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I would like to know who can give azan to a new born baby? Can a person who
does not pray five times a day do that or should it be an imam?
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Answer:
Who can give adhaan to baby
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Your Question: I
would like to know who can give azan to a new born baby?
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 5086 Narrated byAbu Rafi'
I saw the Messenger of Allah (saws) uttering
the call to prayer (Adhan) in the ear of al-Hasan ibn
Although the right to announce the ‘Adhaan’ in the ears of
the new-born is the right of the baby’s parents, there is absolutely no harm if
they wish to honor anyone amongst their loved one’s to do so.
Your Question: Can a
person who does not pray five times a day do that or should it be an imam?
Whether or
not one observes his obligatory prayers strictly is neither a criteria nor a
condition for being eligible to announce the ‘adhaan’ in the new-born’s ear;
for that is something between the believer and his All-Knowing, All-Seeing
Lord. Neither is there a condition in
Islam that only an ‘Imam’ or religious scholar may announce the adhaan in the
new-borns ear.
The parents of the new-born have the right to announce the
adhaan in their new-born baby’s ears themselves or honor anyone they wish to do
so.
What is of paramount importance and a preferred Sunnah is
that the adhaan is declared shortly after its birth in the ears of the new-born,
born of a believing family so that the first words the new-born hears at the
start of his journey of life are the Praise and Glorification of the Lord
Creator and the testification of belief and faith.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan