The reason for the prohibition of naming the city Yathrib
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the wisdom behind the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibiting the naming of the city Yathrib?
Answer:
Because it is a name from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, because it is a name from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and because the hypocrites disparaged it by that,[Al-Ahzab 33:13] in the way of disparaging it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) went against them and called it Taybah and called it al-Madinah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the wisdom behind the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibiting the naming of the city Yathrib?
Answer:
Because it is a name from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, because it is a name from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and because the hypocrites disparaged it by that,
And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you
وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّائِفَةٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1899] سبب النهي عن تسمية المدينة بيثرب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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