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Fatwa #4688210 October 2022Canada

Is it suitable to name one's daughter Zuhayrah?

Question

Is it suitable to name one's daughter Zuhayrah?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.  

As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

May Allah make your child the coolness of your eyes and a means of reward for you in this world and the hereafter.

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is reported to have said:

إِنَّكُمْ تُدْعَوْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَسْمَائِكُمْ وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِكُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا أَسْمَاءَكُمْ

"On the Day of Resurrection you will be called by your names and by your father's names, so give yourselves good names." (Sunan Abu Dawood: 4950)

Zuhayrah (زُهَيْرَة) is the diminutive form of Zahrah  (زهرة)which means a small flower.[1] It also has the meaning of bright and radiant. Zuhayrah is a suitable name for one's daughter.  

And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best 

Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah 

Student - Darul Iftaa

Pietermaritzburg, KZN, South Africa  

Checked and Approved by, 

Mufti Ebrahim Desai. 

(2021-01-03)



[1]

https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D8%B2%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9/ 

 المعاني 

زُهَيْرَة – زَهْرَةٌ صَغِيْرَةٌ

سنن أبى داود - الكتاب العربي - ج – 4  ص- 442  

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إنكم تدعون يوم القيامة بأسمائكم وأسماء آبائكم فأحسنوا أسماءكم

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