Newborn and Aqiqah
467 questions
Is the wife obligated to name her son with the name she saw in a dream, or must she obey her husband in choosing another name for the newborn?
What is the ruling of Sharia on not naming a newborn girl Fatimah Al-Zahra, despite having vowed to do so, and instead naming her Tole?
What is the ruling regarding a woman who vowed to name her newborn after her brother, then broke her vow after giving birth to a male?
Is it obligatory to name the child "Muhammad" in order to be blessed by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, knowing that the visionary saw the Prophet in a dream and kissed his hands, and wishes to name her newborn "Zayd"?
Is it permissible to name a child "Lahdan," knowing that the name is common and the uncle's name is "Lahdan"?
Is it permissible to divide the 'Aqiqah such that one part of it is slaughtered in the wife's place of residence and another part in the husband's place of residence?
What is the ruling on naming a newborn "Al-Jarrah"?
Is the 'aqiqah performed on Wednesday, a week after the birth of the newborn on Thursday after Maghrib prayer, valid or not, and what should I do if it is not valid?
What is the ruling on cooking food and donating it on the night of mid-Sha'ban, knowing that the family does so as a tradition inherited from ancestors who began it as an 'aqiqah (sacrifice for a newborn) for a child born on that day, and then continued it annually?
Is it permissible for a father to force his daughter to name her grandson a name that the living father of the child dislikes?
What are the rulings concerning the 'Aqiqah in terms of: the permissibility of delaying it despite being able to perform it, delegating a brother to perform it in another country, the sufficiency of a sheep or goat for a male child, how to dispose of the meat, hide, and head of the sacrificial animal, and do the parents sin by naming twins before their birth?
What is the ruling on slaughtering two animals upon the death of a newborn, distributing one of them, and placing a quarter of the other in the refrigerator?
Is it permissible to name one's son "Bara' Al-Rahman"?
What is the ruling on naming a newborn "Deen"?
Is it permissible for the supplication when slaughtering the aqiqah for the youngest granddaughter to include all sons and grandchildren, and what should be said at the time of slaughter?
Is it permissible to name one's son "Hasab ar-Rasul" and what does it mean?
Is the name "Zamzam" permissible for a newborn girl according to Sharia?
What supplications, Quranic verses, and hadiths are recited upon the arrival of a newborn, and what should the mother say before, during, or after childbirth for prayers to be answered? Are there any supplications or verses to facilitate childbirth?
What is the ruling on naming a newborn girl (Raheeq), what does it mean in the Arabic language, and is it a good and pleasant name?
What is the ruling on offering the Aqiqah on the first day of birth, and what is the ruling on the newborn's grandfather paying its cost, even though the newborn's father is able to pay for it?
What is the ruling on naming someone "Amirat Ar-Rahman" (Princess of the Most Merciful) or "Amirat Saif Ar-Rahman" (Princess of the Sword of the Most Merciful)?
Is it permissible to name a subsequent newborn after the father, as fulfillment of a vow the questioner made to himself, after his wife miscarried a male fetus whom he had intended to name with the same name?
What is the ruling on naming a boy with two names at the same time? Is that considered an innovation (bid'ah)? And what is recommended for a son to be named?
Is scattering salt and the custom of the "Subuʿ" generally forbidden or merely disliked (makruh)?