What is the ruling on naming a place with a name related to a shrine?
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The questioner:
A questioner says: We bought a restaurant a few years ago, and its previous owner told us that the name is related to a shrine in one of the Islamic countries, and this entails exalting graves and shrines. People associate it with the pilgrimage site and the shrine. What is your advice to us? And do we sin if we keep the name of the restaurant?
The Shaykh:
What is the name of the restaurant? Explain it to us so we can see.
The questioner:
Sand Shahbar. Sand Shahbar.
The Shaykh:
We will repeat.
The questioner:
Shah Bar.
The Shaykh:
Shahbar, if its meaning is that it is shirk (associating partners with Allah), meaning it is a shirki (polytheistic) name, then it is not permissible, yes.
A questioner says: We bought a restaurant a few years ago, and its previous owner told us that the name is related to a shrine in one of the Islamic countries, and this entails exalting graves and shrines. People associate it with the pilgrimage site and the shrine. What is your advice to us? And do we sin if we keep the name of the restaurant?
The Shaykh:
What is the name of the restaurant? Explain it to us so we can see.
The questioner:
Sand Shahbar. Sand Shahbar.
The Shaykh:
We will repeat.
The questioner:
Shah Bar.
The Shaykh:
Shahbar, if its meaning is that it is shirk (associating partners with Allah), meaning it is a shirki (polytheistic) name, then it is not permissible, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تسمية مكان باسم له علاقة بضريح؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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