Congratulating Someone on Being Blessed with a Child and Its Reply
بَارَكَ اللّٰهُ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوْبِ لَكَ، وَشَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ، وَبَلَغَ اَشُدَّهٗ، وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهٗ
May Allah bless for you that which He has granted you. May you show gratitude to the Bestower. May the child reach maturity, and may you be granted his righteousness. [1]
Transliteration:
Bārakallāhu laka fil-mawhūbi laka, wa shakartal-wāhiba, wa balagha ashu-ddahu, wa ruziqta birrahu.
In reply to the congratulation, one should say:
بَارَكَ اللّٰهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَزَاكَ اللّٰهُ خَيْرًا، وَرَزَقَكَ اللّٰهُ مِثْلَهٗ، وَاَجْزَلَ ثَوَابَكَ
May Allah bless you, and may He send blessings upon you. May Allah reward you with goodness, may He grant you the like of it, and may He multiply your reward abundantly. [2]
Transliteration:
Bārakallāhu laka wa bāraka ‘alaika, wa jazākallāhu khayran, wa razaqakallāhu mithlahu, wa ajzala thawābaka.
References:
[1] Reported as a saying of al-Hasan al-Basrī (رحمه الله). See Tuhfatul-Mawdūd by Ibn al-Qayyim, p. 20. He linked it to Ibn al-Mundhir’s al-Awsat.
[2] Mentioned by Imām al-Nawawī in al-Adhkār, p. 349. Also see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Adhkār by al-Nawawī, verified by Salīm al-Hilālī, 2/71. For detailed takhrīj, refer to the author’s al-Dhikr wa al-Du‘ā wa al-‘Ilāj bi al-Ruqā, p. 1/416.
Ḥadīths Related to Children
Narration 1
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ
Narrated from Abū Hurayrah (RA):
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, none of you will truly believe until I am more beloved to him than his father and his child.”
(Adhunik Prakashani: 13, Islamic Foundation: 13)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ḥadīth no. 14
Status of Ḥadīth: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
Narration 2 :
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو إِدْرِيسَ، عَائِذُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَكَانَ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، وَهُوَ أَحَدُ النُّقَبَاءِ لَيْلَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ وَحَوْلَهُ عِصَابَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ “ بَايِعُونِي عَلَى أَنْ لاَ تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا، وَلاَ تَسْرِقُوا، وَلاَ تَزْنُوا، وَلاَ تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ، وَلاَ تَأْتُوا بِبُهْتَانٍ تَفْتَرُونَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَلاَ تَعْصُوا فِي مَعْرُوفٍ، فَمَنْ وَفَى مِنْكُمْ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعُوقِبَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَهُ، وَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ، فَهُوَ إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنْ شَاءَ عَفَا عَنْهُ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ عَاقَبَهُ ”. فَبَايَعْنَاهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.
Narrated from ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit (RA):
ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit (RA), who participated in the Battle of Badr and was one of the Nuqabā’ (leaders) during the Night of al-ʿAqabah, reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), while a group of his Companions were around him, said: “Give me the pledge that you will not associate anything with Allah, that you will not steal, that you will not commit fornication, that you will not kill your children, that you will not bring forth a slander which you invent between your hands and your feet, and that you will not disobey in anything good. Whoever among you fulfills this, his reward is with Allah. Whoever commits any of these and is punished in this world, that will be an expiation for him. And whoever commits any of these and Allah conceals it, then it is up to Allah: if He wills, He will forgive him, and if He wills, He will punish him.” So, we pledged allegiance to him on that basis.
(3892, 3893, 3999, 4894, 6784, 6801, 6873, 7055, 7199, 7213, 7468; Muslim 29/10, Ḥadīth 1709; Aḥmad 22741)
(Adhunik Prakashani: 17, Islamic Foundation: 17)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ḥadīth no. 18
Status of Ḥadīth: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
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