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The Eleventh: The Ethics of Partuition are five:
There should not be more rejoicing for a male child than for a female, because
one does not know where the good lies.
One should make the call to prayer in the ear of the infant at birth. Rafiá has
narrated from his father: “I have seen the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, making the call to pray in the ear of Al Hasan when Fatima (may Allah be
pleased with her) gave birth to him.”
Call the child by a good name, this is the right of the child, even the miscarried
fetus should be named.
Al Aqiqah: (to slaughter an animal) for the male, two lambs, and for the female
one lamb.
To rub the roof of the child‟s mouth with a date or something sweet.
The Eleventh: The Ethics of Partuition are five:
There should not be more rejoicing for a male child than for a female, because
one does not know where the good lies.
One should make the call to prayer in the ear of the infant at birth. Rafiá has
narrated from his father: “I have seen the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, making the call to pray in the ear of Al Hasan when Fatima (may Allah be
pleased with her) gave birth to him.”
Call the child by a good name, this is the right of the child, even the miscarried
fetus should be named.
Al Aqiqah: (to slaughter an animal) for the male, two lambs, and for the female
one lamb.
To rub the roof of the child‟s mouth with a date or something sweet.