The ruling on naming with the names of disbelievers, such as Shirin and Nifin
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The questioner : Yes. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And your share, if you please.
The questioner : Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. Honorable Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah. My question is: I read in some books that there is dislike (karahah) for some names, such as Shirin and Nifin. Is it obligatory for those who have these names to change them? Teeth or fish? I mean people's names; some people name their children with names like Shirin and Nifin, I mean names. Yes.
The Shaykh : The names by which a person is named? Some of them are forbidden, some are disliked, some are permissible, and some are recommended. It is recommended to name with 'Abd Allah and 'Abd al-Rahman, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidJami` at-Tirmidhi 2834Sahih (Darussalam), and he did not say "The best of names are those that praise and serve" as some people narrate as a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq 2:194 Sunan Abi Dawud 4950. Some are disliked, such as naming with the names of the angels and the like. Some are forbidden, such as making oneself a slave to other than Allah, like 'Abd al-Ka'bah, 'Abd al-Rasul, and the like. And some are permissible, which is everything other than these.
The questioner : O Shaykh, the name I am asking about, the disliked name I am asking about, is Shirin and Nifin.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : Shirin, Dayfin.
The Shaykh : Shaykh, Shirin and Nifin. I do not know Shirin and Nifin; perhaps they are names of disbelievers.
The questioner : It is obligatory to name with the names specific to disbelievers.
The Shaykh : Naming with the names specific to disbelievers is not permissible, because whoever imitates a people is one of them. Yes.
The questioner : And are these names the names of disbelievers?
The Shaykh : Names whose meaning is unknown, such as the names of the devils or the specific names of disbelievers, this is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, so it is obligatory for us to change this name, meaning?
The Shaykh : What is the name, or what are you named?
The questioner : We named her this name thirty years ago.
The Shaykh : Change it. Change it. Change it.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And your share, if you please.
The questioner : Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. Honorable Shaykh, I love you for the sake of Allah. My question is: I read in some books that there is dislike (karahah) for some names, such as Shirin and Nifin. Is it obligatory for those who have these names to change them? Teeth or fish? I mean people's names; some people name their children with names like Shirin and Nifin, I mean names. Yes.
The Shaykh : The names by which a person is named? Some of them are forbidden, some are disliked, some are permissible, and some are recommended. It is recommended to name with 'Abd Allah and 'Abd al-Rahman, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
The most loved names to Allah are 'Abdullah and 'Abdur-Rahman.
أحب الأسماء إلى الله عبد الله وعبد الرحمن(peace and blessings be upon him),
صلى الله عليه وسلم،The names dearest to Allah are Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammam,
فإن هذا لا يصح، لكن الحديث الصحيح أحب الأسماء إلى الله عبد الله وعبد الرحمن، وأصدقها حارث وهمام،The questioner : O Shaykh, the name I am asking about, the disliked name I am asking about, is Shirin and Nifin.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : Shirin, Dayfin.
The Shaykh : Shaykh, Shirin and Nifin. I do not know Shirin and Nifin; perhaps they are names of disbelievers.
The questioner : It is obligatory to name with the names specific to disbelievers.
The Shaykh : Naming with the names specific to disbelievers is not permissible, because whoever imitates a people is one of them. Yes.
The questioner : And are these names the names of disbelievers?
The Shaykh : Names whose meaning is unknown, such as the names of the devils or the specific names of disbelievers, this is not permissible.
The questioner : Yes, so it is obligatory for us to change this name, meaning?
The Shaykh : What is the name, or what are you named?
The questioner : We named her this name thirty years ago.
The Shaykh : Change it. Change it. Change it.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2633- حكم التسمي بأسماء مكروهه او محرمة وتوجيه من الشيخ للأباء/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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