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Fatwa CenterWants to Name Her New-Born Baby-Girl ‘Zimal’
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ASSLAM ALAIKUM I Want to know that can i name by baby girl name zimal i found on internet that its meaning is hijab, abaya or cover kindly let me guide about this name.
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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.
Dear Sister, you should know that the basic principle in the matter of naming (children) is permissibility, not prohibition, and it is not forbidden to be given a specific name unless there is a legitimate reason for the prohibition.
For instance, if the name is specific to the non-Muslims, or the dissolute people, it is forbidden for the reason of imitation. Or that the name includes a forbidden meaning, such as being the name of a god for the polytheists, then it is forbidden because of the forbidden meaning it contains.
Or that the name contains an Islamically reprehensible meaning, such as Harb (the war), Murrah (the bitter), and any name that indicates praising the person.”; as the Sharia stipulated that it is disliked being named by them. If the name is devoid of these reasons, then there is nothing wrong with giving it a name.
Based on this, if the name “Zimal” does not include any of the reasons for prohibition we have mentioned, then there is nothing wrong with you naming your daughter that name.
Allah knows best.
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