Father Wants to Change Son’s Last Name to His Own First Name

10-2-2000 | IslamWeb

Question:

For my son, can I change his last name to be my first name, eg. my first name is Anees and last name is Abbasi; for my son, can I use Jasim Anees? I read some where that a person cannot change his last name.
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 sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

There is no objection in writing your name with your son's name. Actually, a child should be traced back to his father then to his family.

What is Islamically prohibited is to claim to belong to any one other than one’s father or family or tribe, as Waathilah Ibn al-Asqa' narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “Tracing back a man to other than his father is among the greatest lies.” [Al-Bukhari and Ahmad]

Moreover, Sa'd Ibn Abu Waqaas and Abu Bakrah may Allaah be pleased with them narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “Whoever is traced back to other than his father while knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Besides, the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: “Whoever is traced back to other than his father, or is related to other than his own master, there is upon him the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the people, and Allah will not accept from him any obligatory or supererogatory acts of worship on the Day of Judgment.” [Muslim]

Allah knows best.

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