Method for doing Tahneek

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What do the blessed ‘Ulama state regarding the following matter: What is the method for doing Tahneek after the birth of a child? Moreover, which deeds should be carried out on this occasion?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

When a child is born, first, Azan should be called out four times in his right ear and Iqamat should be called out thrice in his left ear. Thereafter, any ‘Aalim (scholar), elderly person or a pious person should be asked to do Tahneek. Its method is that the person doing Tahneek should chew any sweet food item himself first and then put it in the child’s mouth and rub it on his palate.

Umm-ul-Mu’mineen Sayyidatuna ‘Aishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللّٰہ عَنْهَا has narrated: ‘کان یوتی بالصبیان فیبرك علیھم ویحنکھم’Translation:Children would be brought in the court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰہ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم; the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰہ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would make Du’a of Barakah [blessings] for them and do Tahneek.(Sahih Muslim, pp. 134, Hadees 662)

A’la Hadrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللّٰہ عَلَيْه has stated: When a child is born, immediately call out Azan in the right ear and Takbeer in the left one so that the child remains safe from satanic attack and Umm-us-Sibyaan disease. Chew any sweet food item such as a dry date, etc. and put it in his mouth as sweetness is the sign of good attributes.(Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 24, pp. 453)

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari