Fatwa #2929230 May 2014New Zealand
What is the shar'i position on assigning a middle name?
Question
1) On naming a girl, Is the name Fathimah more correct than the name Fathimah Zahra, if trying to name her after the Queen of Jannah?
2) What is the shar'i position on assigning a middle name but not always using the name when addressing that person?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
1. We have answered this query on the following link, http://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/29064
2. A person may keep a middle name even though the middle name will not be used as often to address the person.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai