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WHAT A BABY!
On the fifteenth of the holy month of Ramadhan, in the
third year after Hijrah (migration), the Prophetic house
announced the birth of the first grandson of the Prophet
(s.a.w.). This good Joy news was given to the Chosen
Prophet (s.a.w.). A look of covered his noble face and
happiness flooded his heart. He hastened to the house of
his daughter, the chaste Zahra', to communicate his
congratulations and show his delight.The blessed newborn baby was taken to him, in the arms of
Um-Salamah, or in another version, Asma', daughter of
Umays. The Prophet (s.a.w.) received him with the whole
of his pure existence. He carried him in his arms. He
kissed him and pressed him to his chest. Then he said the
call to prayer (adhan) in his right ear and recited the
call to begin the prayer (iqamah) in his left ear. The
first voice that embraced the newborn's hearing and
entity was, thus, the voice of right.
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) turned to Imam Ali (a.s.)
and asked him:"What name did you give my son?"
"I wouldn't precede you in doing it,"
Imam Ali (a.s.) replied.
"Nor would I precede my Lord,"
averred the Prophet (s.a.w.).(3)
No sooner did this short dialogue take place between
the Messenger (s.a.w.) and his trustee, about the name of
the new baby, than the Divine, Holy revelation came to
the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) telling him that Allah,
the Glorified, had named the baby, Hasan.(4)
That was the first phase of the Islamic rituals in
honoring Imam Hasan (a.s.), the noble baby.On the seventh day of his blessed birth, the Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.) went to the house of Fatimah to do the
remaining rituals. He slaughtered a sheep, and gave a
thigh to the midwife. He also gave her one dinar in
gratitude for the efforts she made for the sake of the
baby and his mother, al-Zahra' (a.s.). Then he shaved the
infant Imam Hasan's (a.s.) head and gave the worth of the
weight of his hair in silver as alms to the poor He dyed
his head with al-Khuluq (a kind of perfume). He forbid
his wives to dye the baby's head with blood because that
was, as he explained, a practice of the Arabs in
Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era). He dispensed with the
ceremony of circumcision as Imam Hasan (a.s.) was born
circumcised, as were all the prophets of Allah and the
Holy Imams from the household of the Prophet of Allah
(s.a.w.). This state was one of the signs of Allah of
their special position in this world and with Allah, the
Almighty. These rituals, which the Prophet (s.a.w.)
performed for Imam Hasan (a.s.) became a sunnah which the
Muslims adopted to receive their newborn babies.
