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Fatwa CenterNaming person or product 'Al-Muqaddas'
Question
Is it permissible to keep the name [Al-Muqaddas] or [Muqaddas] for people or use it to name products?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
One should not be called Al-Muqaddas as it is an obvious praising of oneself, because Al-Muqaddas, linguistically, means sacred and blessed, as stated by the author of Lisaan Al-‘Arab [an Arabic lexicon].
The scholars stated that Mubaarak (blessed) is included in the names which the Prophet forbade.
Ibn Al-Qayyim 
said in his book, Tuhfatul-Mawlood about the hadeeth of Samurah ibn Jundub which relates that the Prophet said, “Do not name your child Yasaar (Ease), Rabaah (Profit), Aflah (Successful) or Najeeh (Prosperous).” [Muslim] The Prophet clarified the reason by saying, “It will be asked, ‘Is Rabaah (or Yasaar, or Aflah…) here?’ and it will be answered, ‘No, there is none.’” (In the sense that since the person is absent, one will say that what his name stands for [which has a good meaning] is not found there.): "The names such as Mubarak (Blessed), Muflih (Successful), Khayr (Good), Suroor (Happiness), and Ni’mah (Grace) and the like are similar to the above names, as they carry the same meaning as the four names which the Prophet forbade, because it will be said to you, “Is there Khayr, or Suroor, or Ni’mah,” and your answer will be, “No.” [if they are not present], so the hearts become pessimistic by this and find an evil omen in them, and thus it becomes included in disliked speech…" [End of quote]
Similarly, goods and products should not be named with such names because they are names that are related to the religion in general, and their derivatives are used to call what is blessed and pure, such as Bayt Al-Maqdis (Al-Quds) and Al-Ardh Al-Muqaddasah (The Holy Land); and Paradise is called Hatheerat Al-Quds (The Garden of Purity); and Jibreel (Gabriel) 
is called Rooh Al-Qudus; and Al-Waadi Al-Muqaddas (The Blessed Valley) is where Allah spoke to Moses ; and Allah informs about Himself that He is Muqaddas, meaning that He is exalted above any imperfection; and among His names is Al-Quddoos. So it is not appropriate to name products such as food and drinks, for example, with the name Al-Muqaddas because this constitutes disrespect for this name.
Allah knows best.
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