Title: Dear Sir, we have come across a situation when a baby is born and is kept inside a Baby Incubator. However, we were not able to offer Azan,before the baby died. My question is: Do we still need to offer Namaz-eJanaza for the baby as the baby was born alive, but died without the Azaan was called.

Question: Dear Sir, we have come across a situation when a baby is born and is kept inside a Baby Incubator. However, we were not able to offer Azan,before the baby died. My question is: Do we still need to offer Namaz-eJanaza for the baby as the baby was born alive, but died without the Azaan was called.

Answer ID: 13274Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 841/648=L/1430)

If the child was born alive, the funeral salah will be performed though azan was not called in its ears:

ومن ولد فمات یغسل ویصلی علیہ إن استھل ۔۔۔ أي وجد منہ ما یدل علی حیاتہ (الدر المختار مع الشامي 3:129)