Is it obligatory for a person who has embraced Islam to change his name if it is a name that worships other than Allah?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a man embraces Islam, is it obligatory for him to change his name if it is a name that worships other than Allah?
Answer:
Yes, he changes the name that worships other than Allah; it is not permissible to keep it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If a man embraces Islam, is it obligatory for him to change his name if it is a name that worships other than Allah?
Answer:
Yes, he changes the name that worships other than Allah; it is not permissible to keep it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1288- هل يجب على من أسلم أن يُغيّر اسمه إذا كان معبَّدًا لغير الله؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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