Birth

Q: I wanted to know the Islamic ruling regarding birthmarks. Is it when Shaytaan bites or kisses you? 

Q: I have been blessed with a bay boy in January 2024, Alhumdulillah! I have with me the belly button which fell from the baby's umbilical cord after a few days when the baby was born. I also have with me his hair which I had got shaved on the 7th day. So my question is:

1. I would like to bury this belly button so called (umbilical cord) and the hair of the baby in the graveyard as I think it would remain safe in the corner of the graveyard in the mud or can I bury it in the grave of my late father? Is is permissible to do this or not? As nowadays there are flats systems so one finds it difficult to get mud everywhere.

2. My family members are saying to drown it in the river as it will be safer there and not in the graveyard. They are saying that if there is a masjid and it has a ground or yard one can get it buried there.

What is the proper way to dispose these body parts like hair, nails, placenta etc. in your opinion?

Q: Is it sunnah to give azaan into a new born baby’s ear and is there any hadith provided?

Q: Is a water birth permissible?

Q: I came across some information a few years ago, which I don't remember the source. I am now pregnant alhamdulilah and I would like to verify this information as I cannot find anything in my Islamic literature.

Is true that dua is accepted during childbirth/labour? If so, please can you provide any basis.

Q:

1. Is shaving the hair of a newborn child done before the aqeeqah or can we shave the child's hair after?

2. Can parents eat from the aqeeqah meat or not?

Q:

1. Can a pious person chew on a date and then send it to the parents for tahneek to be made or would it be better to take the child to the pious person to make tahneek?

2. Can one get 2 or 3 pious people to make tahneek for the child?

Q:

1. Please explain when should the tahneek for a baby take place?

2. What should be done on the 7th day and if a baby is born on Wednesday after esha when is the 7th day?

3. If a baby's hair was cut before the 7th day, will it be OK?

4. What is the procedure of weighing the hair and giving out charity?

Q: I would like to know the status of making a digital announcement poster upon the birth of a child.

Nowadays, people make a digital poster that they either put on their status or send to people announcing the birth of a child (no photograph of the child). Some go to the extent of putting the child's weight and height.

Personally, this is not something I am in support of however with extended family, there seems to be no control with regards to things like this.

Is it acceptable to allow this to happen or should the extended family be told not to do it?

Q: When is the Sunnah time to do circumcision? How many days after birth should it be done?