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Islamic Ruling On The Change Of Name For Muslim Brides by Nobody: 11:44am On Oct 31, 2016 |
Salam Aleikun dear muslim family, I am here to get enlightened on the issue of a bride changing her Last name to that of her husband after marriage..this is the article I got from whatsapp...I was told that the bride should retain he fathers name only...no addition of husbands... Changing surname (family name) to husband’s name after marriage is Prohibited in Islam It is a common act seen across many cultures that women change their surname from father’s to their husband’s surname after marriage. This is widely practiced throughout the world and Muslims have also adopted it. But, how many of you are aware that it is not permissible for a woman (after marriage to change her surname from her father to that of her husband? Example, before marriage she was “Fatima maqsood Ali” and after marriage to Sajid Siddique, she changes to “Fatima Sajid Siddique” or just “Fatima Sajid”. It is not permissible for a woman to take her husband’s name or his family name because that is attributing oneself to someone other than one’s father, and imitating the kuffaar from whom this custom was adopted. Allah says in Surah Ahzaab, ayah 5: ﺍﺩْﻋُﻮﻫُﻢْ ﻟِﺂﺑَﺎﺋِﻬِﻢْ ﻫُﻮَ ﺃَﻗْﺴَﻂُ ﻋِﻨﺪَ ﺍﻟﻠَّـﻪِ ۚ ﻓَﺈِﻥ ﻟَّﻢْ ﺗَﻌْﻠَﻤُﻮﺍ ﺁﺑَﺎﺀَﻫُﻢْ ﻓَﺈِﺧْﻮَﺍﻧُﻜُﻢْ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟﺪِّﻳﻦِ ﻭَﻣَﻮَﺍﻟِﻴﻜُﻢْ ۚ ﻭَﻟَﻴْﺲَ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻜُﻢْ ﺟُﻨَﺎﺡٌ ﻓِﻴﻤَﺎ ﺃَﺧْﻄَﺄْﺗُﻢ ﺑِﻪِ ﻭَﻟَـٰﻜِﻦ ﻣَّﺎ ﺗَﻌَﻤَّﺪَﺕْ ﻗُﻠُﻮﺑُﻜُﻢْ ۚ ﻭَﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺍﻟﻠَّـﻪُ ﻏَﻔُﻮﺭًﺍ ﺭَّﺣِﻴﻤًﺎ ﴿ ٥ ﴾ “Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allaah…” [al-Ahzaab 33:5] There are some very stern warnings regarding this from Allah and his Prophet (pbuh). Read below: “( ﻭﻗﺎﻝ ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠّﻢ : ﻣَﻦْ ﺍﻧْﺘَﺴَﺐَ ﺇِﻟَﻰ ﻏَﻴْﺮِ ﺃَﺑِﻴﻪِ .. ﻓَﻌَﻠَﻴْﻪِ ﻟَﻌْﻨَﺔُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﻭَﺍﻟْﻤَﻼﺋِﻜَﺔِ ﻭَﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱِ ﺃَﺟْﻤَﻌِﻴﻦَ ( ﺭﻭﺍﻩ ﺍﺑﻦ ﻣﺎﺟﺔ ,ﻛﺘﺎﺏ ﺍﻟﺤﺪﻭﺩ 2707, ﻭﻫﻮ ﻓﻲ ﺻﺤﻴﺢ ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻊ 6104 ” The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Whoever calls himself by other than his father’s name (or attributes himself to someone other than his father), will be cursed by Allaah, the angels and all the people.” (Reported by Ibn Maajah, Book of punishments, 2707) Further more, It was narrated that Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqaas and Abu Bakrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (pbuh) said: “Whoever claims after having become Muslim to belong to someone who is not his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him.” [Bukhaari 4072 and Muslim 63] A related hadith that supports this argument although referring to male: ﺭﻭﻯ ﺍﻟﺒﺨﺎﺭﻱ ( 3508 ) ﻭﻣﺴﻠﻢ ( 61 ) ﻋَﻦْ ﺃَﺑِﻲ ﺫَﺭٍّ ﺭَﺿِﻲَ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋَﻨْﻪُ ﺃَﻧَّﻪُ ﺳَﻤِﻊَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺒِﻲَّ ﺻَﻠَّﻰ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ ﻭَﺳَﻠَّﻢَ ﻳَﻘُﻮﻝُ : ﻟَﻴْﺲَ ﻣِﻦْ ﺭَﺟُﻞٍ ﺍﺩَّﻋَﻰ ﻟِﻐَﻴْﺮِ ﺃَﺑِﻴﻪِ ﻭَﻫُﻮَ ﻳَﻌْﻠَﻤُﻪُ ﺇِﻟَّﺎ ﻛَﻔَﺮَ ﻭَﻣَﻦْ ﺍﺩَّﻋَﻰ ﻗَﻮْﻣًﺎ ﻟَﻴْﺲَ ﻟَﻪُ ﻓِﻴﻬِﻢْ ﻓَﻠْﻴَﺘَﺒَﻮَّﺃْ ﻣَﻘْﻌَﺪَﻩُ ﻣِﻦْ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺭِ Narrated from Abu Dharr (ra) that he heard the Prophet (pbuh) say: “Any man who knowingly attributes himself to someone other than his father is guilty of kufr. Whoever claims to belong to a people when he has nothing to do with them, let him take his place in Hell.” [Bukhari 3508 and Muslim 61] It is not permitted for anyone to claim to belong to anyone other than his father. Imitating the kuffaar by dropping the wife’s surname and giving her the husband’s name is prohibited (haraam); it is also a form of falsehood, and humiliation of the woman. There is no blood tie between the husband and wife, so how can she take his surname (or name) as if she is part of the same lineage? Moreover, she may get divorced, or her husband may die, and she may marry another man. Will she keep changing her surname every time she marries another man? Furthermore, there are rulings attached to her being named after her father, which have to do with inheritance, spending and who is a mahram, etc. Taking her husband’s surname overlooks all that. The husband is named after his own father, and what does she have to do with the lineage of her husband’s father? This goes against common sense and true facts. The husband has nothing that makes him better than his wife so that she should take his surname, whilst he takes his father’s name. In many cases it has been seen that the woman is not ready to change the surname and the husband forces her to do so. Who doesn’t love his or her own name given to us by our father? Anyone who has done this must repent to Allaah and put it right by going back to her father’s name. Please revert back to your fathers lineage or fathers name! Each one of us are accountable for our actions on the Day of Judgement! Don’t obey others to disobey Allah (even if it be your parents or your husband). May Allah guide us to the right path! Ameen! Allah knows best! |
Re: Islamic Ruling On The Change Of Name For Muslim Brides by Nobody: 7:37pm On Oct 31, 2016 |
The article you provided is clear enough. The issue of lineage is very important in Islam. A woman should bear her father's name. Her husband is not her father and should d not have that right. It is left to you, after reading ng all the above to either accept what Allah says or follow your heart. @arckanmi |
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