Naming a baby lost to miscarriage at four months

Question

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

A baby that is four months old in their mother’s womb and passes away due to miscarriage, do we name that baby?

— Mohammed, Danbury, USA

Answer

الجواب بعون الملك الوهاب

وعلیکم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته

Yes, such a child should be named.

Ṣadr al-Sharī`ah `Allāmah ‘Amjad `Alī ‘A`ẓamī states,

بچہ زندہ پیدا ہوا یا مُردہ اُس کی خلقت تمام ہو یا نا تمام بہرحال اس کا نام رکھا جائے اور قیامت کے دن اُس کا حشر ہوگا۔

“Whether the baby was born alive or deceased, whether the body was fully formed or not, in all such cases the baby should be given a name and the baby will be resurrected on the day of resurrection.” And Allāh knows best.

Faqīr Muḥammad ‘Afzal al-Qādirī · (may he be pardoned)

Verified by Muftī Zāhid Ḥussain al-Qādirī