Is the right to name the children for the husband or the wife?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding names, I once heard you say that naming the children is a specific right of the father, meaning the father is the one who names the children. So, my wife, 'Abd Allah's mother, and I were discussing naming. She would say to me: "I want to complain to the Shaykh." I said to her: "Complain about what?" She said: "You named all the children, so I want to name the new one." I said to her: "By Allah, I mean I say that if we are to name, I will name, and you see if it is not suitable, you complain to the Shaykh, and if it is suitable, that is the end of it." She said: "No, I want a name I want to give." I said to her: "We prefer the names that came in the Sunnah, and from now on, we have named 'Abd Allah, and we want to name, if Allah makes it easy for us a boy, we will name him 'Abd al-Rahman so that we combine the virtue of the hadith in this." She said: "I want to speak to the Shaykh; what is your opinion on the matter?"
The Shaykh : What does she want to say to the Shaykh? I mean, if you tell her: "I want to name, if Allah gives us a boy, I want to name him 'Abd al-Rahman to practically apply the hadith." Is it reasonable for her to say: "No"? What does she want to say? But perhaps it is part of the wise policy of the Shari'ah to allow the righteous woman to be told, as the husband just said, "I will choose the name that is suitable according to the Shari'ah, you see, what is your opinion? If you have something better, we can agree on it." Now, the righteous woman is allowed, as I said, to be told "choose the name," and if we find it suitable for the Shari'ah and there is encouragement for it in the hadiths, I have no objection; otherwise, I will choose.
The questioner : A name you say: Suhayb. The name Suhayb is one of the names of the Companions.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : And Mus'ab.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding her... I told her that after ten years, we will let you name, hold on.
The Shaykh: Good.
The Shaykh : What does she want to say to the Shaykh? I mean, if you tell her: "I want to name, if Allah gives us a boy, I want to name him 'Abd al-Rahman to practically apply the hadith." Is it reasonable for her to say: "No"? What does she want to say? But perhaps it is part of the wise policy of the Shari'ah to allow the righteous woman to be told, as the husband just said, "I will choose the name that is suitable according to the Shari'ah, you see, what is your opinion? If you have something better, we can agree on it." Now, the righteous woman is allowed, as I said, to be told "choose the name," and if we find it suitable for the Shari'ah and there is encouragement for it in the hadiths, I have no objection; otherwise, I will choose.
The questioner : A name you say: Suhayb. The name Suhayb is one of the names of the Companions.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : And Mus'ab.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Regarding her... I told her that after ten years, we will let you name, hold on.
The Shaykh: Good.
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