The Ruling on Naming a Child Munaf
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The questioner:
Is it permissible to name a child Munaf? Is it one of the names of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?
The Shaykh:
The name is Munaf, Munal.
The questioner:
Munaf, with a fāʾ at the end; the last letter of Munaf is a fāʾ. Munaf, yes.
The Shaykh:
Munaf was an idol. 'Abd Munaf means the servant of this idol. Yes.
Is it permissible to name a child Munaf? Is it one of the names of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?
The Shaykh:
The name is Munaf, Munal.
The questioner:
Munaf, with a fāʾ at the end; the last letter of Munaf is a fāʾ. Munaf, yes.
The Shaykh:
Munaf was an idol. 'Abd Munaf means the servant of this idol. Yes.
Source
حقوق الأبناء 11-08-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (55:02)
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