Fatwa #2700825 September 2013India
Is it permissible to keep the names of sons as IBTESAM AZHAR and IHTESHAM AZHAR and what is the meaning of it?
Question
IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO KEEP THE NAMES OF SONS(MALE) AS '' IBTESAM AZHAR'' AND ''IHTESHAM AZHAR '' AND WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
As Muslims, we are advised to name our children after the names of the Ambiya (Alyhimus Salaam), Sahaba (Radyallahu Unhum), Tabi’een and pious predecesors.[1]
It is permissible to keep the name IBTESAM AZHAR and IHTESHAM AZHAR the meanings of the names are:
IBTESAM :( smile) AZHAR :( shine) IHTESHAM: (modesty) AZHAR :( shine)
سموا باسماء الانبياء (فيض القدير ص148ج4 علمية)[1]
الثسمية باسم يوجد فى كتاب الله تالى جائزة(شامى ج6 ص417 سعيد)
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Ismail Dawoodjee
Student Darul Iftaa
Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.