Azan In New Born’s Ear & Its Relationship With Biddah
Parda is a very ambiguous term and not a religious one, and people use it in different meanings when they use this term. I think it won’t benefit any of us if I expound further on Parda topic. Coming to the main point : Some acts are innately religious ( like Azan, Prostration, Ruku, reciting Quran, prayers etc. ) meaning they do not need any interpretation to categorize them as religion; every one knows that these are religious acts by merely observing them. These independent religious acts when given a form of ritual like Salah ( which involves Quran recitation, Prayers, Prostration, Ruku all combined ), they become religion as well. And only a Prophet has this authority to give form to such rituals and they will be observed in exact form as given by the Prophet Himself. When someone himself starts a ritual like this ( e.g. Azan in new born’s right ear and iqamat in the left ), then in the absence of evidence from the Prophet (sws), it will be categorized as Biddat. Merely giving it name of tradition won’t cut it, since it involves independent religious acts given a form of ritual without any basis.