Choosing Good Names and Prohibition of Ugly Names
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Fatwa No. ( 18986 )
Praise be to Allah alone, and may blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the General Manager of the Presidency Branch in the region of 'Asir , No. (2407 \ 9\ 24), dated 16\6\1417 AH, accompanied by the papers sent from the Head of the Wadiyain Authority, No. (435 \ 42), dated 14\6\1417 AH, which included the discovery of a Pakistani worker bearing the name (Rahmat Ali Allah Luq) according to the attached copy of his ID card, and which was referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars, No. (3364), dated 22\6\1417 AH, requesting information regarding the ruling on naming in Shari'ah: (Rahmat Ali Allah Luq ).
After the Committee studied the inquiry, it answered as follows: The texts of the pure Sunnah are abundant in emphasizing the care to choose good names and prohibiting ugly names
or those containing corrupt meanings, and changing them to something better. Based on this, naming with (Allah Luq) is not permissible; because in the case of genitive attribution here, it would be said (Rahmat Ali ibn Allah Luq), which in its appearance suggests something ugly and has a false meaning. And Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Mu'minun 23:91] , and He says, Exalted is He: [Al-Ikhlas 112:3] Based on the foregoing, it is obligatory to change this name to another name free from the legal prohibitions. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
Praise be to Allah alone, and may blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet. And after: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the General Manager of the Presidency Branch in the region of 'Asir , No. (2407 \ 9\ 24), dated 16\6\1417 AH, accompanied by the papers sent from the Head of the Wadiyain Authority, No. (435 \ 42), dated 14\6\1417 AH, which included the discovery of a Pakistani worker bearing the name (Rahmat Ali Allah Luq) according to the attached copy of his ID card, and which was referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars, No. (3364), dated 22\6\1417 AH, requesting information regarding the ruling on naming in Shari'ah: (Rahmat Ali Allah Luq ).
After the Committee studied the inquiry, it answered as follows: The texts of the pure Sunnah are abundant in emphasizing the care to choose good names and prohibiting ugly names
or those containing corrupt meanings, and changing them to something better. Based on this, naming with (Allah Luq) is not permissible; because in the case of genitive attribution here, it would be said (Rahmat Ali ibn Allah Luq), which in its appearance suggests something ugly and has a false meaning. And Allah the Exalted says:
Allah has not taken any son
مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِنْ وَلَدٍHe neither begets nor is born,
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
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