The ruling on naming a newborn with the names of the angels
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he asks about choosing good names: is it specific to the fathers or the mothers? And what is the ruling on naming a child Malak?
Answer:
Naming is specific to the father, and he chooses for his newborn a good name that has a correct meaning and a pleasant meaning. He does not choose for his newborn a strange name or foreign names, but rather he chooses a good name. The best of names, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, are Abdullah, Abd al-Karim, Abd al-Aziz, and so on. Or he may name him Abd al-Rahman or Abdullah or Muhammad or with the names of the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them). As for the names of the angels, one is not named with them. A girl is not named with the name of an angel. It is said Malak; al-Malik is the name for an angel, so a girl should not be named with it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, he asks about choosing good names: is it specific to the fathers or the mothers? And what is the ruling on naming a child Malak?
Answer:
Naming is specific to the father, and he chooses for his newborn a good name that has a correct meaning and a pleasant meaning. He does not choose for his newborn a strange name or foreign names, but rather he chooses a good name. The best of names, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, are
Abdullah and Abd al-Rahman worship Allah, Abd al-Rahman,
عبد الله وعبد الرحمن يعبده لله، عبد الرحمن،The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/220 — archive.org (6:31)
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