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Fatwa #128958 October 2004South Africa

my son will be ten years soon. He just has one first name. For sometime now he has asked for Mohamed to be added. What is the procedure?

Answer

There is nothing wrong in having only one name. There is also nothing wrong in adding the name Muhammad before the first name.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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