The ruling on naming a newborn girl Iram
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May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on naming a newborn girl Iram? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Naming a newborn in Islam involves etiquettes. Among these etiquettes is that names should not have a blameworthy meaning, nor should they be names that have no meaning. The name Iram has been mentioned in the Noble Qur'an in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Fajr 89:6-7]. The scholars have differed on the meaning of the name. Some said it is the village that Allah destroyed, some said it was the name of the tribe that inhabited 'Ad, and some said it was the name of a man who was named after it. Most of these references are to blameworthy matters, as Allah destroyed 'Ad and their village. Therefore, it is obligatory to choose a different name from the known names that have a good meaning. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on naming a newborn girl Iram? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Naming a newborn in Islam involves etiquettes. Among these etiquettes is that names should not have a blameworthy meaning, nor should they be names that have no meaning. The name Iram has been mentioned in the Noble Qur'an in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad - (7) [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7540 — youtube.com (17:12)
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