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What is the shar'i position on assigning a middle name?

· 1 Shaʻban 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 29292English

Question

1) On naming a girl, Is the name Fathimah more correct than the name Fathimah Zahra, if trying to name her after the Queen of Jannah?

2) What is the shar'i position on assigning a middle name but not always using the name when addressing that person?

Answer

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

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

1. We have answered this query on the following link, http://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/29064

2. A person may keep a middle name even though the middle name will not be used as often to address the person.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Fahad Abdul Wahab

Student Darul Iftaa

USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

www.Daruliftaa.net

Answered by
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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