Q: If a child is named Abdullah and if he is then called Abballah by someone, is this not changing the meaning of the name to something that is incorrect? As the Arabic word ‘Abd’ means servant but the Arabic word ‘Abb’ is translated to mean father.
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?