What is the method of burial for a newborn baby?
Question
Can you please provide details of the burial for a stillborn (5 months). I understand that there is ghusl and wrap in one piece of cloth (not kafn). There is no janaza. But can you please provide details of the method of burial? Is there aqeeqah or Adhaan in the ears of the baby? Is there any other important things to consider? Shukran
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
There are certain rulings regarding a stillborn child:
1. Salatul Janāzah will not be performed upon such a child.[i] [ii]
2. The child will be wrapped in a single piece of cloth and buried.[iii] [iv]
3. Aqeeqah is not necessary.[v]
4. Adhān in the ears of such a child is not necessary.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[i] الهداية في شرح بداية المبتدي (1/ 91) المتوفي سنة ۵۹۳
ومن استهل بعد الولادة سمى وغسل وصلي عليه " لقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم " إذا استهل المولود صلي عليه وإن لم يستهل لم يصل عليه " ولأن الاستهلال دلالة الحياة فتحقق في حقه سنة الموتى " وإن لم يستهل أدرج في خرقة " كرامة لبني آدم " ولم يصل عليه " لما روينا
[ii] فتاوي محموديه (8/643) ادارة الفاروق
[iii] الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين (رد المحتار) (2/ 204) المتوفي سنة ۱۲۵۲
(قَوْلُهُ وَالسِّقْطُ يُلَفُّ) أَيْ فِي خِرْقَةٍ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ حُرْمَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ وَكَذَاالدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين مَنْ وُلِدَ مَيِّتًا
[iv] احسن الفتاوي (4/216) سعيد
[v] الفتاوى الهندية - ط. دار الفكر (5/ 362)
الْعَقِيقَةُ عن الْغُلَامِ وَعَنْ الْجَارِيَةِ .....مُبَاحَةٌ لَا سُنَّةٌ وَلَا وَاجِبَةٌ
احسن الفتاوي (7/536) سعيد
- Answered by
- Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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