What is the ruling on naming someone al-Sharif or al-'Abd al-Latif?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on naming people al-Sharif and al-'Abd al-Latif? And does the name al-Sharif contain a form of self-praise?
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Sharif undoubtedly contains a form of self-praise. It is well known that al-Sharif is not a proper name but a description; "so-and-so al-Sharif" means, for example, one of the Sharifs, and it is not a proper name. If the description is deserved by the person described, there is nothing wrong with it.
As for al-'Abd al-Latif, its meaning among those who use it is the descendants of 'Abd al-Latif, and they do not mean "the gentle servant," because al-Latif is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But what they mean by al-'Abd al-Latif, or al-'Abd al-Rahman, al-'Abd Allah, or 'Abd al-'Aziz, is the descendants of such-and-such: the descendants of 'Abd al-Latif, the descendants of 'Abd Allah, the descendants of 'Abd al-'Aziz. However, due to frequent usage, the second hamza in "al" was dropped, and it became Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, al-Sharif undoubtedly contains a form of self-praise. It is well known that al-Sharif is not a proper name but a description; "so-and-so al-Sharif" means, for example, one of the Sharifs, and it is not a proper name. If the description is deserved by the person described, there is nothing wrong with it.
As for al-'Abd al-Latif, its meaning among those who use it is the descendants of 'Abd al-Latif, and they do not mean "the gentle servant," because al-Latif is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But what they mean by al-'Abd al-Latif, or al-'Abd al-Rahman, al-'Abd Allah, or 'Abd al-'Aziz, is the descendants of such-and-such: the descendants of 'Abd al-Latif, the descendants of 'Abd Allah, the descendants of 'Abd al-'Aziz. However, due to frequent usage, the second hamza in "al" was dropped, and it became