{"id":35969,"date":"2025-05-06T14:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35969"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:23:28","slug":"is-it-necessary-to-change-ones-name-after-reverting-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-it-necessary-to-change-ones-name-after-reverting-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Necessary to Change One\u2019s Name After Reverting to Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 08127<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I am looking for marriage and I am a revert. I have had a request from a sister to change my name into a Muslim name. My first name does not contradict anything within Islam in terms of its meaning, but my middle name is derived from the Hebrew meaning \u201cGod is my judge.\u201d I chose not to change my name to respect my parents\u2019 wishes, which I believe is compulsory \u2014 to not change my name at all. What should I do here?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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You should change the name only if the name has an element of shirk (associating partners with Allah), or if it has a bad meaning or is against the teachings of Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Holy Prophet Muhammad (\u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645) used to change the name of those who embraced Islam only if their names were improper or carried the wrong meaning1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is narrated by Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (peace be upon him) changed the name of \u02bf\u0100siyah (disobedient); he (peace be upon him) said: “You are Jam\u012blah.”2<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, if your name is free from such things, then you can keep your name.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by: Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0627\u0626\u0650\u0634\u064e\u0629\u064e\u060c \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064e \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u0643\u064e\u0627\u0646\u064e \u064a\u064f\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0651\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u062d\u064e<\/span>
\nThe Prophet (\ufdfa) would change abhorrent names.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0651\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064e \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u063a\u064e\u064a\u0651\u064e\u0631\u064e \u0627\u0633\u0652\u0645\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0627\u0635\u0650\u064a\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u200f”\u200f \u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062a\u0650 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0644\u064e\u0629\u064f<\/span>
\nThe Prophet (\ufdfa) changed the name of \u02bf\u0100siyah and said: \u201cYou are Jam\u012blah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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