CHOOSING NAME (II)

Tirmuzî and Ibni Mâja ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaihimâ’ state: ’Abdullah bin ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’ said that the name of one of Hadrat ’Umar’s daughters was ’Âsiya (meaning rebellious). Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ changed it. He replaced it with Jamîla. Also, Abû Dâwûd reported that he replaced the names of many another men, places and streets with those names suitable for Muslims. Muslims have been commanded: “Keep away from places that will cause you to be under suspicion!” It is every Muslim’s duty to avoid accepting names, [uttering words, using instruments and doing actions,] that are the symptoms of irreligiousness or which provoke this suspicion. Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the two hundred and twenty-first âyat of Baqara Sûra: “A slave who is a Believer is more valuable than a master who is a disbeliever!”

May Allâhu ta’âlâ give safety to those who follow Hadrat Muhammad’s ‘’alaihi-s-salâm’ way! Âmîn.