Every child is born Muslim

Abu Huraira, narrated that the Prophetﷺsaid, “Every child is born with a true faith (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism or to Christianity or to Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?” Then Abu Huraira recited the ayath: “So set you (O…

When should the child be named?

Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu alaihe wa–sallam) said: “Every child is held in pledge for his Aqeeqah which is sacrificed for him on his seventh day, and he is named on it and his head is shaved.” [(Saheeh) by Shaikh al-Albanee (1165) Abu Dawood (vol: 2, no: 2831) and others]Another narration in this aspect is related by Anas (radhiallahu anhu),…