Hadith 54

(The book) ‘Al Tawheed’ 0 from Ibn Umar who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Do not hit your children upon their crying, for their crying for four months is testimony that there is no god except Allah-azwj, and (the following) fourth months is Salawaat upon the Prophet-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws, and (the following) four months is the supplication for its parents’’. [68]
Note – (The book) ‘Al Tawheed’, page 242, – ‘And it is said in its aspect, ‘The secret in it is that the child of (up to) four months does not know apart from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Who Natured him upon recognising Him-azwj and His-azwj Tawheed. So, his crying is his means to Him‑azwj and seeking shelter with Him-azwj the Glorious in particular besides others. Thus, it is a testimony to Him-azwj with the Tawheed. And another four, he recognises his mother from whereby she is a means for his feed only, not from whereby she is his mother, and for this reason he takes the milk from others as well during this period mostly. He does not recognise during it, after Allah-azwj, except the one who was an intermediary between Allah-azwj and him regarding his sustenance, the one who is encumbered with it, a natural encumberment from whereby it is a means, not anything else, and this is the meaning of the Message. Thus, his crying during this period is testifying with the Message. And another four, he recognises his parent and his being needy to them regarding the sustenance. Thus, his crying during it is a supplication for them for the safety and the remaining, in the reality’.