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The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “If someone has a newborn child, he must recite the Adhan in his right ear and the Iqamah in his left ear, for this will bring security from the cursed Satan.”[^12] 127. Sunan Abi Dawud , narrating from Abu Rafay’ who said: “When Fatimah (a.s.) gave birth to Hasan ibn ‘Ali (a.s.), I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) reciting the Adhan in his ear.”[^13] 128.

Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “When the time came for Fatimah to give birth to her child, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said to Asma’ bint ‘Umays and Um Salamah: “Stay with her so that when her baby is delivered and starts to cry, recite the Adhan in its right ear and the IqÁmah in its left ear, for whoever this is done to will be safeguarded from Satan, and then do not do anything until I come.” When Fatimah delivered the baby, they did what he (s.a.w.) told them, then the Prophet (s.a.w.) came and cut his umbilical cord and put a little bit of his saliva in the newborn’s mouth and said: “O Allah!

I seek refuge to You for him and his offspring from the vice of the cursed Satan.”[^14] 129. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, regarding some of what is done to an infant at the time of his birth: “Tell the midwife or anyone who is with her to recite the Adhan in his right ear so that the child would never become insane or followed by a jinn.”[^15] 130.

Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, mentioning some of the things to be done to an infant at the time of his birth: “Recite the Adhan in his right ear and the Iqamah in his left ear.