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Can I name my daughter Ailah/Aylah/A’ilah?

· 16 Safar 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 27784English

Question

Can I name my baby girl Ailah / Ayla / A'ilah?

Most islamic name websites that I have come across say that it is a Persian or Turkish name meaning moonlight. One website also says that it means noble.

Can you please tell me if this name is permissable? Does this name have a bad meaning in arabic?

Someone said it means "poor" in arabic. Can you please clarify?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

A’ilah pronounced as Aaa’ilah in Arabic means family.

Ailah/Aylah means poor, poverty etc. [1]

We do not recommend the name Aylah or A’ilah.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakariya Memon

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatham, Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

Daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

{وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ عَيْلَةً} [التوبة: 28]

Answered by
Zakariya Memon
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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