When a child is born is it best for the child to take on their fathers surnames , mothers or neither ?
My neices and nephews have all taken on their fathers surnames but one of my cousin nephews has taken on no-ones surname as his mum did not like the surname of his dad.
I myself have taken on my dads surname and now that im married everyones like telling me to change it to my husbands or to take on his name as my surname, i mean like what the hell as if i would. Also [b]heard [/b]its not good to do so as its imitation of the kufaar being one point.
Also if a child is born from a haraam relationship and the girl has no intention of marrying the father of the child, would it be right to give the child his fathers name oka not ?
In Islam a woman can keep her own surname if she wants...she can also change it to her husbands surname if she wishes.
Taking a Husband/Father's last name is western tradition - it's not grounded in any religious matter.
My wife actually surprised me at her graduation by having her diploma changed to her married name last minute. I'm glad my in laws were paying attention since I otherwise would have slept right through when they called her, I was expecting to wait a good half hour before they got to the T's lol
islamically, children should take on their father's name as a surname. and it is from the islamic tradition that a married woman keep her maiden name, but it's [i]allowed[/i] for her to change it to her husband's surname as long as the intention is not to break her relation with her father or his family.
alhumdulillah there seems to be an increasing trend among Muslim women in the West to keep their maiden name after marriage. i intend to do the same inshaAllah.
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A child should have its very own special name.
Mum and Dad should not shove their names in there.
Every baby is unique; and therefore, it ought to have a beautifully unique name.
The only thing to remember is that parents must not give their child an
anti-God name.
God hates blasphemous names.
Omrow
You can really have any name aslong as it means something good.
Muslims tend to have muslim names to remind their children of who they are and to give them an identity, same with other religions.
A name is a tag or a label so its best to choose a good name that will inspire the individual to strive for the qualities of that name.
Alot of Pakistanis used to go with names that ryme. For example their 1st child will be called Adeel, the 2nd one Nabeel, 3rd one Aqeel. Arfan, Rizvan, Kamran, Imran etc
But nowadays ive noticed the trend is to go for a name that no ones heard of, or is very uncommon, mostly the ones you have difficulty in pronouncing or spelling lol.
But ive noticed a few people go for famous names and they tend to call all their children from the family of the famous persons. For example i know one person who has called his 1st son Jhangir, 2nd one Alam Zeb, 3rd one Alam geer etc.
My uncle has three sons and the 1st two are called Babar and Hamayu lol from the Moghul dynesty.
Islam is the Key to paradise but without practice it won't open the gates.
[color=magenta]in our family the boys have dads surname n mum has her own n us sister have a totally different one but its all beautiful islamic names so its all good, but most of my bengali friends(girls) have their mothers surname but our school added our dads surname WEIRD but im deffo gna keep my surname when i get married inshaAllah cuz i love my names my parents gave me mashaAllah one of the best i could have[/color]
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feminists keep their own surname
so do some muslim women
for me personally it'll depend on who's surname is prettier