Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child) Chapter: Special Treatments for the Newborn عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) ٠َوْلُودٌ فَلْيُؤَذِّنْ فِي أُذُنِهِ الْيُ٠ْنَى بِأَذَانِ الصَّلَاةِ وَ لْيُقِ٠ْ فِي الْيُسْرَى فَإِنَّهَا عِصْ٠ِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِي٠6.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfaliy from al-Sakuniy from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “The Messenger of Allah (sw) has said, ‘Whoever has a newborn child, let them recite the call to prayer (adhan) in their right ear, and let them recite the iqamah in their left (ear), for it serves as protection from the accursed Satan.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/43))