11-16-2004, 03:30 AM
Salam everyone,
Congratulations Islam! MashaAllah you have a new baby girl, how wonderful!
There are lots of new babies in my community as well... we had 3 a'qeeqahs during the last 2 weeks of Ramadan! SubhanAllah, Intuition is right, this is baby season
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Let me just mention something about Pii's question. Muslimah talked about the a'qeeqah and the sacrifice and charity...
but I understand when a baby is born it is custom (sunnah?) to rub a softened date on his/her palate... the medical benefits of this have been confirmed, since a date is naturally very sugary and the immediate rush of sugar is good for the infant. Also it is custom to whisper the adhan in the baby's right ear, and the iqama (short version of adhan) in the baby's left ear.
Am I wrong about this??
salam
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