Is it permissible to change Islamic names and terms to modern names?
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Question:
Is changing Islamic names and terms to modern names considered one of the defects of the tongue, such as calling shura (consultation) "democracy," for example?
Answer:
This varies according to need. It is prescribed that a person use the prescribed Arabic terms, present matters in their proper legal form, and employ the legal definitions, legal terms, and Arabic words found in the texts. If he is addressing people who do not understand them, he should explain them to them in their language, whether democratic or otherwise, clarifying their situation in their language, such as through translation. However, it is not permissible to shift from the legal terms to non-Arabic terms. One should not do that. Rather, one shifts from the legal terms only out of necessity for translation or to provide further clarification to someone who did not understand the meaning in Arabic or in the legal terminology; in that case, he clarifies it to him in the language he understands, just as he translates the meaning of a verse or a hadith into his language, whether Indonesian, English, Turkish, or Urdu.Muwatta Malik 28:37. It is said, as it came in al-Bukhari and in the authentic collections: "Inform people of what they know. Do you love that Allah and His Messenger be lied about?" A person informs people of what they know in their language, their terminology, and the custom they are accustomed to.
Is changing Islamic names and terms to modern names considered one of the defects of the tongue, such as calling shura (consultation) "democracy," for example?
Answer:
This varies according to need. It is prescribed that a person use the prescribed Arabic terms, present matters in their proper legal form, and employ the legal definitions, legal terms, and Arabic words found in the texts. If he is addressing people who do not understand them, he should explain them to them in their language, whether democratic or otherwise, clarifying their situation in their language, such as through translation. However, it is not permissible to shift from the legal terms to non-Arabic terms. One should not do that. Rather, one shifts from the legal terms only out of necessity for translation or to provide further clarification to someone who did not understand the meaning in Arabic or in the legal terminology; in that case, he clarifies it to him in the language he understands, just as he translates the meaning of a verse or a hadith into his language, whether Indonesian, English, Turkish, or Urdu.
or the like of that
أو ما أشبه ذلك
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 148 هل يصح تغيير المسميات والمصطلحات الإسلامية إلى مسميات عصرية؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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