Dua for Having A Baby Boy – Getting children or offspring is something that is really coveted by all parents. This is one of the purposes of marriage. Especially getting a son or baby boy, this is a very exciting thing for most parents. Well, the child is the heir or asset of his parents even until the parents die.
When the child prays for his parents, then the parents get a reward and get great benefits from the goodness of their child.
The Dua for Getting A Baby Boy
Without children, how much one’s wealth will be of little value, this is seen when someone is willing to seek treatment at any price in order to have offspring.
Well, because most people like to have a baby boy, so here we will share dua for having a baby boy. It’s not that parents don’t like girls, they all have their advantages.
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But, most of them want to have a son as their first child, then a daughter and so on. To get offspring, various efforts are made, even the expensive ones, here we will share prayers for having a son for those of you who like boys.
This is a dua for having a baby boy that written by Imam Sulaiman bin Muhammad Al-Bujairami in his book Tuhfatul Habîb ‘ala Syarhil Khathîb, this book is also known as Hâsyiyah Al-Bujairami ‘alal Khathîb. He wrote a prayer for parents to read so that they would be blessed with a son.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أُسَمِّيْ مَا فِيْ بَطْنِهَا مُحَمَّدًا فَاجْعَلْهُ لِيْ ذَكَرًا فَإِنَّهُ يُولَدُ ذَكَرًا إنْ شَاءَ اللّٰهُ تَعَالَى
Transliteration: Bismillâhirrahmânirrahîm. Allâhumma innî usammî mâ fî bathnihâ Muhammadan faj’alhu lî dzakaran fainnahû yûladu dzakaran insyâ Allâhu ta’âlâ.
Translation: “O Allah, indeed I will name what is in her womb with the name Muhammad, so make him a son for me, because Muhammad was born as a son, God willing” (Sulaiman bin Muhammad Al-Bujairami, Tuhfatul Habîb ‘ala Syarhil Khathîb, (Beirut: Darul Kutub Al-Ilmiyah, 1996), juz I, p. 520).
In the book of Tuhfatul Habîb, there is also explained the procedure for reading the dua. When the husband reads the dua, he puts his right palm on the belly of the pregnant mother. So, the reading of the dua for having a baby boy was read when it was first discovered that pregnancy.
Imam Bujairami said that this dua is efficacious if it is read with full hope of Allah and this is has been practiced by many people repeatedly and it is true that they get a son according to their expectations.
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So, for those of you who want to get a boy immediately, read this dua when you find out your wife is pregnant, do it according to the procedures described above, hopefully it will be useful!
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