* To give azaan in the right ear and iqaamah in the left ear after the child is born. (Tirmidhi – chapter Vol.1, Alaikum Bisunnati, Abu Dawood, pg. 340)

* To give a suitable name to the child on the seventh day. (Abu Dawood)

* To make aqeeqah on the seventh day. (Abu Dawood) If it cannot be done on the seventh day, it should be done on the fourteenth or the 21st day.

* The head of the baby should be shaved and silver equal to the weight of the hair should be given in charity. (Tirmidhi)

* Saffron should be put on the head after it has been shaved. (Abu Dawood)

Two male goats should be slaughtered for the aqeeqah of a boy and one male goat or female goat for the aqeeqah of a girl. (Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood)

* The meat of aqeeqah can be distributed raw or cooked. (Behishti Zewar – Vol. 3)

Anyone may partake of the aqeeqah animal, though they be even one’s family members eg. the grandparents. (Behishti Zewar – Vol. 3)