Miscellaneous

Q: Can you name your child angel names?

Q: I am a girl from Pakistan. My name is Ashna, and I personally do not like it. It is not a religious name, but that is not the reason why I do not like it. I simply do not like the way it sounds or the way it looks. Can I change my name with my parents' permission? Or will it be considered showoff or something else? Should I change my name or not? 

Q: It is necessary for women to make pardah of their names? Some argue that we know the names of our Sahaabiyyah رضى الله عنها. Can Mufti Saheb please explain.

Q: I just took my shahada and became a Muslim Alhamdulillah. I have a concern about my name, the sister told me that I should have a new name - a Muslim name. But I don’t want to change it as it doesn’t have any bad meaning in Islam or any other languages.

I am aware that it’s not compulsory to change it but I wanted to confirm if I can keep my name.

Q: A Muslim man has the name Mubashar. He has the nickname 'Mubs'. Is this type of nickname permissible?

Q: Is it permissible to write in the begining of name "Md." short form of "Muhammad"?

Q: If a person's name is Muhammad, would it be at all makrooh, even in today's time to name his son Qaasim, thus making him Muhammad Abul Qaasim?

Q: My son was born on 29th July 2017 between 8:00AM and 8:45 AM. I named him Mir Mohammad Ashar. But recently a Mufti told me to change his name as the name Ashar has no meaning, it means counting in Arabic.

Now I want to change my son name to Mir Mohammad Ebrahim. It is ok and permissible in Islam to change the name and what is the procedure to change.

Q: A man wants to change whole name of a woman he wants to marry because he does not like her name. Is it legal in Islam to change the whole name of a woman before nikah and write a new name on the nikaah papers?

Q: Is it permissible to name children with the names of angels?