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Can i name my son Abu Hurayra?

· 2 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 30410English

Question

its been more than 2weeks i posted a question relating naming my son as abu huraira.

Answer

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

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

Abu Hurayrah was the name[1] of a famous Sahabi. As such, naming one’s child Abu Hurairah is permissible.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Haris Siddiqui

Student Darul Iftaa
Melbourne, Australia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] The name Abu Hurayrah for which this Sahabi is famously known by is actually his kunyat (teknonymy). It is said that his actual name was 'Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Azdī.

Answered by
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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