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Does one recite both the Iqama and the Adhan in a newborn’s ear?
Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu,
Dear Shafi’i Fiqh Team, it is a common practice here in Indonesia when there is a new baby born, someone must call azan in the right ear and iqamah in the left ear. Some of my colleagues said that there is no dalil that supports it. My question is, is it a sunnah and is there a dalil regarding this? Jazakumullahu khairan katsira.Akhukum in Indonesia.
Country: Indonesia
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
All praise is to Allah, Lord of the Worlds; and prayers and salutations are on the Master of the Messengers, and on his people, and all his companions.
Imams Tirmidhi (4/97), Abu Dawud (5/107), and others related on the authority of Ibn Abi Rafi’, that the Prophet Muhammad called adhan in Hasan’s ears at the time Fatimah gave birth to him. Imam Tirmidhi declared this to be authentic and said, “hadith hasan sahih.” (Jami’ 4/97), Hakim also vouched for its authenticity by stating, “hadith sahih al-isnad.” (Mustadarak 3/197), And Imam Abu Dawud and ‘Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbili in his Ahkam made sukut (silent acceptance) upon it. (al-Badr al-Munir 9/347)
In the hadith’s isnad there is possible weakness, as the narrator ‘Asim b. ‘Ubayd Allah is differed upon. Some vindicated him, while others deemed him weak. Even if some weakened him, dependable authorities related from him. Imam Bayhaqi mentioned, “They discussed him; and although he has weakness, authorities related from him.” (al-Sunan al-Kubra 7/239) Here, we are relying on the rulings of authenticity given by the master scholars, like Imams Tirmidhi and Hakim.
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