صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الآدابThe Book of Manners and Etiquette
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ تَحْنِيكِ الْمَوْلُودِ عِنْدَ وِلاَدَتِهِ وَحَمْلِهِ إِلَى صَالِحٍ يُحَنِّكُهُ وَجَوَازِ تَسْمِيَتِهِ يَوْمَ وِلاَدَتِهِ وَاسْتِحْبَابِ التَّسْمِيَةِ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَسَائِرِ أَسْمَاءِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ:Chapter: It Is Recommended To Perform Tahnik For The Newborn When He Is Born And To Take Him To A Righteous Man To Perform Tahnik For Him; It Is Permissible To Name Him On The Day He Is Born, And It Is Recommended To Use The Names 'Abdullah, Ibrahim, And The Names Of All Other Prophets, Peace Be Upon Them
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ : " أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يُؤْتَى بِالصِّبْيَانِ فَيُبَرِّكُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُحَنِّكُهُمْ " .
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, reported that when she migrated to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in Madinah she was in the family way with'Abdullah bin Zubair in her womb.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The call to prayer (adhan) in the ear of the child can be given by any member of the household.
The hardship and insistence that a prominent and righteous person should be called for this task, or that the child should be taken to such a person, is unnecessary.
However, regarding the practice of tahneek (chewing a date and placing it in the infant’s mouth), this inference can be made.
But the person of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was undoubtedly blessed.
As for other righteous individuals of the ummah, one may have optimistic expectations, but it is not a prescribed (sunnah) practice.
The call to prayer (adhan) in the ear of the child can be given by any member of the household.
The hardship and insistence that a prominent and righteous person should be called for this task, or that the child should be taken to such a person, is unnecessary.
However, regarding the practice of tahneek (chewing a date and placing it in the infant’s mouth), this inference can be made.
But the person of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) was undoubtedly blessed.
As for other righteous individuals of the ummah, one may have optimistic expectations, but it is not a prescribed (sunnah) practice.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5106
