Question Summary:
Permissible names for a new-born. Question Detail:
Assalamualaikum
Answer :
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
We make dua that Allah grants you a healthy child.
It is stated in the following hadith,
إِنَّكُمْ تُدْعَوْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَسْمَائِكُمْ، وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِكُمْ، فَأَحْسِنُوا أَسْمَاءَكُمْ (سنن ابي داود، رقم الحديث ٤٩٤٨)[1]
Translation: Surely you will be called on the Day of Judgment according to your names and your fathers’ names. Therefore beautify your names. (Sunan Abu Dawoud, #4948)
It is understood from the above quoted hadith that we are encouraged to give good and meaningful names to our children. It is mustahab (encouraged) for one to keep names of the Prophets, the names of the companions, and the pious predecessors.[2]
Muhammad is the beautiful name of the messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Ali is the name of one of the four great khalifahs of Islam and is also a suitable name.
The following names you have chosen are all permissible to keep.
1. Shahzad is a Persian name, it means prince.[3]
2. Zohaib is an Arabic name, it means luminous light.[4]
3. Shayan is a Persian name, it means well balanced, well adjusted, and appropriate.[5]
4. Rohaan is a name for a river in paradise.[6]
5. Ayaan is an Arabic name, it means god’s gift.[7]
6. Raihan is an Arabic name, it means pleasant smelling flower.
7. Hasan is an Arabic name, it means handsome, good.[8]
Amongst the names you’ve mentioned, Hasan would be the best suitable for a boy, as it was the name of the grandson of the messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
1. Eiliyah means the beautiful one, to grow in peace and love with god.[9]
2. Mehreen means loving nature.[10]
3. Tanisha means happiness.[11]
4. Nausheen means: sweet pleasant agreeable.[12]
5. Zaara means: beautiful flower.[13]
6. Zainab means: decorated/ornamented tree.[14]
Amongst the names you’ve mentioned, Zainab would be the best suitable for a girl, as it was the name of the daughter of the messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abrar Habib
Student - Darul Iftaa
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
15-11-1440|19-07-2019
[1] إسناده ضعيف لانقطاعه فإن عبد الله بن أبي زكريا لم يسمع من أبي الدرداء كما نص عليه الحاظان إبن حجر و المنذري و غيرهما.
[2] فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا (ج-٧، ص-٤٩٨، زمزم پبلشرز)
المحيط البرهاني، (ج-٨، ص-٩٦، إدارة القران)
وفي «الفتاوى» : التسمية باسم لم يذكره الله تعالى في كتابه ولا ذكره رسول الله عليه السلام، ولا استعمله المسلمون تكلموا فيه، والأولى أن لا تفعل.
الفتاوى البزازية، (ج-٢، ص-٤٨٨، دار الكتب العلمية)
التسمية باسم لم يذكر الله و رسوله في عبارة، ولا يستعمله المسلمون والأولى أن لا يفعل.
حاشية بن عابدين، (ج-٦، ص-٤١٧، دار الفكر)
التسمية باسم لم يذكره الله تعالى في عبادة ولا ذكره رسول الله ولا يستعمله المسلمون تكلموا فيه والأولى أن لا يفعل
فتاوى عباد االرحمن، (ج-٧، ص- ٢٦٢، دار الإفتاء والتحقيق)
[3] [نونہالوں کے اسلامی نام، ص-١٤٩]
[4] [نونہالوں کے اسلامی نام، ص-١١٩]
[5] [نونہالوں کے اسلامی نام، ص-١٤٤]
[6] https://www.muslimnames.info/rohaan
[7] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #341, P.08)
[8] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #574, P.13)
[9] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #372, P.42)
[10] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #917, P.53)
[11] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #1657, P.68)
[12] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #1086, P.56)
[13] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #1790, P.70)
[14] (Muslim baby boys & girls names, #1807, P.71)
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