Fatwa #273338 November 2013India
Please advise on children’s names
Question
Among the names mentioned below please advise a good name with their meaning or otherwise please suggest me some good names of sahaba, tabaeen etc. which i would like to keep for my newly born baby.
1. Mohammed Wasil Taher
2. Mohammed Zoyeb Taher
3. Mohammed Faizan Taher
4. Mohammed Affan Taher
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Wasil - considerate, inseparable friend.
Taher- pure, chaste
Faizan- ruler
Affan- forgiving person
Zoyeb- beauty
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abu Ali ad-Dagestani
Student Darul Iftaa
Moscow, Russia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai