What is the ruling on naming someone: "Mu'min, al-Bara', Iman, and Huda"?
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The Shaykh: There are two points of contradiction:
The first contradiction: what he pointed toThe questioner .
The questioner: Our Shaykh - excuse me - can we use these?
The Shaykh : Ah, go ahead.
The questioner: Repeat the names, what are the names?
Another questioner: Mu'min, al-Bara', Iman, and Huda?
The Shaykh: So in these names there are two contradictions, as we mentioned:
The first: that they include self-praise, and authentic hadiths have come forbidding naming with names that contain self-praise. For that reason, it is stated in "al-Sahih" that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) changed the name of the one whose name was Barrah to Zaynab, and on this occasion he said:[An-Najm 53:32].
And the other contradiction: that they are not proper names, and the early Muslims did not name their children with these names. Unfortunately, innovation has become widespread in naming children, whether male or female, with names that are not proper names. They may be names of materials, they may be names containing attributes, and these attributes may not be acceptable for some people, especially those given to girls, such as Saham, Wusala, Nahad, and the like. As you see, these are not proper names. Saham is the plural of sahm, and the sahm is the weapon the early people used in war, but it does not carry noble meanings from an Islamic perspective. Generally, these names have another contradiction; that is, they are not proper names that the custom of the early Muslims was to use for naming. Therefore, such names are not permissible.
Other than that?
The first contradiction: what he pointed toThe questioner .
The questioner: Our Shaykh - excuse me - can we use these?
The Shaykh : Ah, go ahead.
The questioner: Repeat the names, what are the names?
Another questioner: Mu'min, al-Bara', Iman, and Huda?
The Shaykh: So in these names there are two contradictions, as we mentioned:
The first: that they include self-praise, and authentic hadiths have come forbidding naming with names that contain self-praise. For that reason, it is stated in "al-Sahih" that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) changed the name of the one whose name was Barrah to Zaynab, and on this occasion he said:
So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.
فَلَا تُزَكُّوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اتَّقَىAnd the other contradiction: that they are not proper names, and the early Muslims did not name their children with these names. Unfortunately, innovation has become widespread in naming children, whether male or female, with names that are not proper names. They may be names of materials, they may be names containing attributes, and these attributes may not be acceptable for some people, especially those given to girls, such as Saham, Wusala, Nahad, and the like. As you see, these are not proper names. Saham is the plural of sahm, and the sahm is the weapon the early people used in war, but it does not carry noble meanings from an Islamic perspective. Generally, these names have another contradiction; that is, they are not proper names that the custom of the early Muslims was to use for naming. Therefore, such names are not permissible.
Other than that?
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