Calling someone Moses
Q: My nephew is called Moses, but the family is arguing that he must be called the Arabic equivalent Musa. Surely both names are acceptable.
Miscellaneous
Keeping an Islamic name
Q: Is it fardh to change name when one does not have an Islamic name?
Keeping the names Zahra, Zianab, Sakina, Ali, Husain
Q: Shias mostly use lots of names from the Ahle Bait like Zahra, Zainab, Sakina, Ali, Husain, etc. What's wrong with us? Why don't we use these sweet and glorious name quite often?
Changing one's name after accepting Islam
Q: I reverted to Islam one year ago yet I didn't change my name in the certificate because I'm receiving scholarships with that old name. Is it permissible to receive that scholarship under a kuffar's identity?
Keeping two names
Q:
1) When 2 names are kept, eg Faathimah Zahraa, then is it fine -or not advisable- to call by only one of the names at times. Eg calling the child sometimes by both names, sometimes only faathimah, sometimes zahraa, is this fine?
2) When calling by both names together, would it be pronounced Faathima-tuz-zahraa', or Faathimah zahraa', or would both be fine to say?
Calling someone "Rahmaan"
Q: Is it permissible to call Abdur Rahmaan as Rahmaan?
The name "Raju"
Q: A male whose name is Raju, what does the name Raju mean? Is it permissible to keep the name or should the name Raju be changed because I
heard Raju is a Hindu name?
Changing one's name
Q: My question is about my name. I am very much anxious about my name. My name is BAYAZID ALI بايزيد علي. Majority people call me Yazeed. They tease me a lot whenever I tell them my name and they show anger and hate. Due to this I am facing many problems. I feel embarrassment. They make fun of my name people says what kind of name is this are you yazeed and blah blah blah specially in job interviews. They reject me due to my name in every part of daily life. I face the same situation when I am working in a private organisation. Our accountant held my salary for 3 months only for this that I have yazeed in my name. One of my class fellows is also employed in my company he told me about that. Bayazid was a saint name his complete name was Hazrat BAYAZID BASTAMI. My parents inspired from this pious Wali Allah and give me this name. Please tell me about my name. What should I do? Should I change my name? This is a very difficult procedure in Pakistan. I have my name in all documents and my nikah is in march. I am so depressed.
The name "Afnaan"
Q: My son's name is Afnaan. But in Arabic, afnaan is a girl's name. So I would like to know whether I can call him by the same name or should I change it. Kindly reply.
Nicknames
Q:
- There are names of Allah when we keep we are not required to add Abd before them. Eg, Haleem. Which names of Allah should we be adding Abd to?
- Can we call people by nicknames? For eg, someone's called Hanzalah. Can we call them hanzu hanzli etc? What's the ruling regarding it.