Having more than one name

2-1-2008 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullah One of my friend saying that we cant keep two names bcoz he is saying if i have two names example sameer & Zameer & on the day of judgement ALmighty Allah will call me for account by name sameer & then again he will call me by zameer etc...he is saying that two names are not allowed in islam.Is this true? till i know that mohammed(peace be upon him) has many names Alhumdulillah, Ahmed, mustafa etc please mention all his names in this answer & tell me how can i explain him about this? & give me evidence from quran & sunnah that we can keep more than one name Insha Allah..... Please advice me Jazak Allah khair
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

It is permissible to be named with more than one name. The evidence is that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) had many names as confirmed in authentic narrations. Therefore, this is enough evidence to convince your friend. For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 87307.

We do not know where he got the evidence that having more than one name necessitates being reckoned more than once. Judging a person more than once due to him having more than one name is probably not done by human beings in this world, let alone this to be done on the Day of Resurrection by Allaah, The All-Knower and The All-Wise.

Allaah informed us that He does not wrong anyone on the Day of Resurrection. Allaah Says (what means): {And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight — of a mustard seed (824), We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.}[Quran 21:47]

For more benefit, please refer to Fatwa 88711.  

Allaah Knows best.

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