Fatwa ID: 07614

Answered by: Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Question: 

Is Maryam’s (AS) mother’s name good to keep as a name? If so, I would like to know the Arabic and English spelling for the mother of Maryam (AS) and also the meaning please.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It is important to keep a good name for a child. It is the right of the child upon the parent to have a good name.

As for the question posed. The mother of Maryam AS is Hannah (حنة) which means to be compassionate and affectionate. It is a good name and name of the wife of Nabi Imran (as).

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

Reference:

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّكُمْ تُدْعَوْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَسْمَائِكُمْ، وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِكُمْ، فَأَحْسِنُوا أَسْمَاءَكُمْ (سنن ابي داؤد: 4948)

{إِذْ قَالَتِ امْرَأَةُ عِمْرَانَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّرًا فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي} [آل عمران: ٣٥] «فَ» إِذْ «مِنْ صِلَةِ» سَمِيعٌ ” وَأَمَّا امْرَأَةُ عِمْرَانَ فَهِيَ أُمُّ مَرْيَمَ ابْنَةِ عِمْرَانَ أُمِّ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَكَانَ اسْمُهَا فِيمَا ذُكِرَ لَنَا حَنَّةُ ابْنَةُ فَاقُوذَ بْنِ قُتَيْلٍ

تفسير طبري ج٥ ص٣٣٠

Hans wehr pg 244 حن