Giving child more than one name

28-2-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

Salam,can you give your chid more than 1 muslm name please?
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 name the newborn child with more than one name as long as there is no prohibition in such names. The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) had many names but he had five well-known names which were mentioned in the Hadeeth (narration) which reads: ''I am Muhammad, Ahmad, Al-Maahi (by whom Allaah eradicates disbelief), Al-Haashir (after whose resurrection people will be resurrected and will collect around him) and Al-‘Aaqib (after whom there will be no prophet or messenger)”  [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 87307 and 103123.

For more benefit on the conditions of naming a newborn child, please refer to Fataawa 87262 and 82724.

Allaah Knows best.

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