Changing the Grandfather's Name to Obtain Citizenship
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I applied for citizenship in one of the Islamic countries, and one of the conditions was that I change my grandfather's name. Is this change permissible?
Answer:
The name of a deceased person is not changed, even if it is not correct. The deceased remains as he is. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1688Sahih (Darussalam) Although enslaving oneself to other than Allah is not permissible, he did not change the name of the deceased. Yes, the names of the dead are not changed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I applied for citizenship in one of the Islamic countries, and one of the conditions was that I change my grandfather's name. Is this change permissible?
Answer:
The name of a deceased person is not changed, even if it is not correct. The deceased remains as he is. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Narrated Abu Ishaq: From Al-Bara' bin 'Azib who said: "A man said to us: 'Did you flee from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) O Abu 'Umarah ?'" He said: "No, By Allah! I did not flee from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but som hasty people fled and (the tribe of) Hawazin assaulted them with arrows. The Messenger of Allah (Saws) was on his white muls, and Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith bin 'Abdul Muttalib was holding its reigns. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was saying: 'I am the Prophet without lie, I am the son of 'Abdul-Muttalib.'" [Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, and Ibn 'Umar.
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 16-05-1438هـ — alfawzan.live (1:01:23)
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