Islamic Guidelines For Naming Children - Sayed Ahmed Qazwini | Night 8 - 2026 MYC Ramadan Program

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Topic: Islamic Guidelines For Naming Children Speaker: Sayed Ahmed Qazwini Program: Night 8 of the 2026 MYC Ramadan Program Location: Islamic Institute of America - Dearborn Heights, MI, USA #islam #shia #muslim #sunni #ramadan #ramadankareem #ramadanmubarak #hijab #lecture #shahrramadan #eid #qazwini #prophetmuhammad #devil #sins #deeds #quarantine #myc #mycmedia #levels #shiavssunni #islamicfigure #hijab #porphetmuhammad #muhammad #fast #fasting #ethics #venting #complaining #mentalhealth #abuhamza #dua #duaabuhamza #friends #children #kids #namingkids #kidsnames #raisingkids

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[0:12]What's Mustafa?

[0:30]Muhamad respected.

[0:59]scholars, brothers and sisters, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us two important

[1:11]facts about our children.

[1:14]The first is a sweet fact and the second may be considered

[1:18]as somewhat of a bitter fact.

[1:20]In one verse, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Allah says that your

[1:33]money and children serve as the zen, the adornment, the beauty of

[1:39]this dunya.

[1:39]What is this life without our children?

[1:42]Our children add beauty and joy to our lives like nothing else

[1:50]can.

[1:51]And that's why parents understand what happens, what they go through when

[1:56]they have a child.

[1:56]That child brings a sense of joy that cannot be described.

[2:01]That child brings a new meaning to life.

[2:06]So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala shows us this sweet point in one

[2:11]of the verses of the Quran.

[2:14]But then Allahawel the same zena that he speaks about in one

[2:19]verse he tells us that this zena is also a fitna.

[2:27]Your child is a zena.

[2:31]But how can your child be a fitna?

[2:33]This is what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the holy Quran.

[2:37]He says that that same gift and zena that I have given

[2:47]you, Allah says that you have to be careful.

[2:50]This is a fitna and fitna means test a trial.

[2:56]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grants you children.

[2:59]But these children are not for you to own as possessions.

[3:02]They are an am a trust given to you from Allah subhanahu

[3:09]wa ta'ala.

[3:09]And Allahawajel will judge you based on how you take care of

[3:16]your child.

[3:18]Allahawel expects that you raise them properly that you guide them and

[3:22]you plant the seeds of im of faith within them.

[3:28]So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will test me through my wealth and

[3:32]through my children.

[3:35]It's reported that Im Ali one day saw someone saying this dua

[3:39]in the masjid fitna.

[3:43]Ya Allah I seek refuge in you from fitna and I don't

[3:51]want fitna.

[3:52]Im ali came and he cleverly asked him this question.

[3:54]He told him, "Do you not want money and children?" The man

[4:00]said, "Of course I want money and children.

[4:04]I'm asking Allah to protect me from fitna." Im Ali recited this

[4:08]verse.

[4:09]He told him, "Allah says your wealth and your children are fitna."

[4:14]So if you ask Allah, I don't want I don't want to

[4:19]be tested, then that means you don't want children.

[4:22]So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sometimes will test you with the closest

[4:28]things with the closest people in your life.

[4:31]And that's why we have to be very careful brothers and sisters.

[4:35]Everything that Allah surrounds us with whether Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives

[4:40]you children or he denies you children both are a form of

[4:44]test.

[4:44]Whether Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gives you wealth or he afflicts you

[4:49]with poverty.

[4:51]They're both ways where Allahel tries you or else there is no

[4:56]comfort that is guaranteed and promised for anyone on this earth.

[5:02]This is what the dunya is.

[5:03]It's a place to come and be tested.

[5:05]Some people will be tested by their family members.

[5:09]Other individuals will be tested through their wealth.

[5:11]This is how the system of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is.

[5:15]And one of the first tasks as a parent, one of the

[5:24]first tasks that I have is to give my child a name.

[5:29]This is probably one of the more exciting tasks that when my

[5:33]wife is pregnant, when we're expecting a child, we come up with

[5:36]a name to give to our child.

[5:41]And the name that we choose, my dear brothers and sisters, the

[5:45]name that we choose for our children is more than just a

[5:49]sound.

[5:50]It's more than just some letters.

[5:51]The name that we choose for our children, it shapes their identity.

[6:01]It shapes their belonging.

[6:03]It helps create a sense of connection through their name.

[6:09]It creates a sense of connection to their family, to their clan,

[6:14]to their country of origin, to their culture.

[6:18]You give them those old original Arab names, you've created a tie,

[6:23]a link between them and the culture, and most importantly, between them

[6:28]and their religion.

[6:30]So, a name isn't just a social label, just some letters or

[6:35]some words.

[6:37]It's much more significant than that.

[6:39]And that's why Islam emphasizes the importance of choosing the names of

[6:46]your children wisely.

[6:48]You have to be very wise and careful which name you choose

[6:54]for your child because that name will eventually become a part of

[7:00]your child's character.

[7:02]It will shape how they see themselves and how other individuals will

[7:07]look at my son or daughter.

[7:09]And because this is a very important factor regarding our children's lives,

[7:15]regarding our lives, tonight I'd like to discuss this topic, the guidelines

[7:21]and etiquets of naming our children from an Islamic perspective.

[7:26]Islam is a very deep religion.

[7:30]It deals with every part of life.

[7:32]Even the name that we give to our children.

[7:38]Theam have provided us with guidance.

[7:41]How do we do this?

[7:45]What's the style?

[7:44]What names do we choose and what names do we stay away

[7:49]from?

[7:50]So let's discuss this inshallah.

[7:52]You see, Islam when it emphasizes the importance of names, it goes

[7:59]much deeper than many of us believe.

[8:01]Because for one, Islam shows us that when you want to give

[8:10]your a child a name, this is a very significant act.

[8:14]This is not just a label.

[8:17]This is also a way that you acknowledge Allah's gift of life

[8:24]to you.

[8:26]What do I mean?

[8:26]There's a hadith from Im Ali Alisam, a very interesting hadith in

[8:31]which the Imam says, "Name your children even before they're born.

[8:41]Don't wait until they're born.

[8:43]Don't wait until you're at the hospital and you're asked what did

[8:49]you name this child.

[8:48]Im Ali and there's another from where he says the same thing.

[8:56]He says choose a name for your child and name them.

[8:58]Don't just choose it in your mind.

[8:59]Give them a name even before you are born.

[9:04]Why?

[9:05]The imam explains.

[9:09]He says, he says, "For sometimes that child may not be born

[9:15]alive that child that the mother is pregnant with may die before

[9:19]he or she is born.

[9:22]The mother may have a miscarriage." Someone would say, "So what?

[9:25]What if there's a miscarriage?" What does that have to do with

[9:31]naming the child?

[9:30]Imm Ali then says, "And on the day of judgment, that miscarried

[9:35]child will be called by Allah will be called by their name."

[9:42]Everyone on the day of judgment, Allah will call you by your

[9:44]name.

[9:45]Stand up.

[9:47]Yah Ali Yam Muhammad Yaz ya Fatma Yaz.

[9:49]That child on the day of judgment will notice that he doesn't

[9:56]or she doesn't have a name.

[9:58]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or that guy sitting over there that girl

[10:01]in the 17th row that child will feel like they were left

[10:08]out.

[10:09]Imam Ali says they will come and complain to you on the

[10:12]day of judgment to to the parents that I was a living

[10:18]being.

[10:19]Why didn't you give me I was a soul that Allah created

[10:21]why didn't you give me a name?

[10:23]That means you didn't even recognize that I was a human being.

[10:29]And this brothers and sisters highlights a point that we as Muslims

[10:35]believe in.

[10:33]Many traditions from B state that after completing the fourth month or

[10:41]some other traditions maybe after the third month any time between the

[10:45]third and the fourth month of pregnancy.

[10:47]This is when Allah creates the this is when Allah subhanahu wa

[10:55]ta'ala creates the soul within the fetus.

[10:57]So after the fourth month, this is a living human being that

[11:02]has a soul.

[11:04]Im Ali says that when that happens, acknowledge Allah's gift to you.

[11:10]Allah has given you a child.

[11:12]Allah has created the the soul.

[11:15]So acknowledge that by giving that child a name and on the

[11:22]day of judgments may God protect all your children.

[11:25]If that child dies then they will have a name because they

[11:28]do have a soul.

[11:31]And there's even a hadith from im where he teaches us how

[11:34]to do it.

[11:35]The imam I saw in one hadith he says when your wife

[11:39]is four months pregnant she should face the and then he says

[11:46]the husband places his hand on the stomach and then you recite

[11:49]a dua and you choose a name for your child.

[11:53]Now in that particular hadith Imam he mentions the name Muhammad which

[11:59]we'll get to but this signifies indicates that this is when Allah

[12:04]created the so give them a name.

[12:09]Now the question is I don't know what's the gender of this

[12:12]child.

[12:12]So what do I do?

[12:16]Now today there's an easy solution.

[12:20]The solution is go get a what do they call it?

[12:22]Ultrasound, right?

[12:24]Go get an ultrasound.

[12:25]And the ultrasound can tell you if it's a boy or it's

[12:29]a girl.

[12:30]So the ultrasound tells me it's a boy.

[12:32]You can choose a name of a boy.

[12:34]The ultrasound tells you it's a name of it's a girl.

[12:38]You can choose a name of the girl.

[12:39]But what if you didn't get an ultrasound?

[12:41]You didn't have access to that.

[12:43]Your insurance didn't pay for it.

[12:44]Or what would people do in the past?

[12:47]Imm Ali Alisam, he cleverly addresses this.

[12:49]He says, "If you do not know the gender of your child,

[12:53]choose a name that works for both boys and girls." What does

[13:01]that mean?

[13:00]There's another hadith from the prophet where he gives us a couple

[13:06]of examples.

[13:05]Basically, the imam and the prophet are saying, "Choose genderneutral names.

[13:11]a name that can work for both boys and girls.

[13:15]Now, you can change it later on.

[13:17]Remember this, and I'll get to this, but this is like a

[13:22]temporary name for my child and it means that I'm acknowledging Allah

[13:25]gave me a son or a daughter.

[13:27]I'm acknowledging this life.

[13:30]So, give them names that may work for both.

[13:33]For example, now these are only examples, right?

[13:35]And they may differ from culture to culture, but one name I've

[13:39]noticed that works for both boys and girls is for example N.

[13:43]I've seen some boys named N.

[13:48]I've seen some girls named N.

[13:50]Another name for example Jud Jud, right?

[13:53]You'll find boys and girls.

[13:55]Another example Islam.

[13:56]Another example, right?

[13:58]And you can come up with some other examples.

[14:03]The point is Imam Ali Alisam says that this act of choosing

[14:06]the name should preede even the birth of the child.

[14:12]So months before the child is born give that child the name.

[14:15]And then Im Ali he mentions this.

[14:21]He says foram he gave a name to the fifth child of

[14:28]Fatham before she gave birth.

[14:33]When Fatma Zaham got married, she had kids with Im Ali Alisam.

[14:37]Imam Hass and then Imam Hussein and then Zan and then Kulum

[14:44]and then she was pregnant for the fifth time.

[14:48]That child unfortunately never made it to live and see this day

[14:53]because she miscarried it.

[14:53]She miscarried her child and the child was killed.

[14:57]We know what happened after died.

[14:59]But im Ali in this hadith he says he gave that third

[15:11]son of Ali a name.

[15:15]He called him or as some call it Mu.

[15:16]And by the way, I've seen these hadiths in Sunni books as

[15:19]well that Imam Ali Al Fatima had a fifth child by the

[15:24]name of M.

[15:23]And some Sunni historians and scholars believe he was actually born and

[15:28]died as a young child.

[15:32]But Imm Ali gives us an example.

[15:34]He says did this is pregnant.

[15:36]He gave that child a name.

[15:38]So it's not just the fifth child of Fatima, the fifth child.

[15:43]No, he has a name.

[15:44]And on the day of judgment, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will honor

[15:51]that child by his name.

[15:51]So this is one point that Islam tells us and teaches us

[15:57]about naming our children.

[15:58]Point number two, Islam makes it very clear that giving your child

[16:05]a name is a right is a godlygiven right from Allah to

[16:13]your child.

[16:12]This is one of the one of the rights that our children

[16:17]have is that we give them names and we give them good

[16:19]names.

[16:20]One hadith is narrated from he is giving some advice to Im

[16:31]Ali.

[16:32]In this hadith he tells him Ali one of the rights that

[16:40]a child has over his parents is this number one.

[16:45]Number one is to give your child a good beautiful name.

[16:50]This is one of their rights.

[16:52]And number two, to discipline them.

[16:57]You have to give them a good name and give them a

[17:01]good raising.

[17:00]Raise them in a good way so that they are disciplined.

[17:04]So they that they are respectful and polite when they grow up.

[17:08]This is a right that they have.

[17:09]And number three.

[17:14]And number three is to place them in a good environment.

[17:19]Meaning allow them to live in an environment that encourages them to

[17:25]be good, a healthy environment, an Islamic environment.

[17:29]Don't put them in a place where they're far from religion.

[17:33]They don't have Muslim friends.

[17:35]They don't have Muslim people or schools to go back to and

[17:38]learn from.

[17:40]And then because of the environment, they are raised as non-Muslims or

[17:44]they're raised in a bad way.

[17:47]You know, this is something that's very important.

[17:51]Brothers and sisters, when we want to have a child, we have

[17:56]to make sure that we have prepared the right environment.

[17:59]Don't you prepare the the room, the bedroom for the child?

[18:05]You make sure that you pick a a nice bed.

[18:09]you make you make sure that you pick some nice furniture for

[18:12]the child, nice clothing.

[18:14]The prophet says that one thing that we have to pay attention

[18:18]to is what about the environment?

[18:20]You know, when we choose a job and when we're considering where

[18:25]to live, it's always about the job.

[18:27]Is does this area give me a good job or not?

[18:31]Another thing that we have to also put in mind is is

[18:37]this city, is this area, is this town a place that will

[18:40]provide a good environment for me to raise my children or am

[18:44]I going in the middle of nowhere because I am receiving a

[18:47]good salary.

[18:49]I'll accept it.

[18:49]Where is my child going to hang out?

[18:51]There's no Muslim school.

[18:54]There's no masjid.

[18:54]There's nowhere that provides any of these services for the Muslims.

[18:58]Where are they going to go?

[19:01]Halal food is scarce.

[19:01]It'll be difficult for my child to grow up as a religious

[19:05]person.

[19:04]Why?

[19:06]Because they will feel all alone.

[19:10]The environment has to encourage our children to what?

[19:12]To be good, to be devout Muslims.

[19:14]And I've seen this brothers and sisters when I travel to some

[19:18]distant cities, some cities in the middle of nowhere in the US

[19:23]for example, there's no masjid.

[19:24]If there's a masjid, it's a very inactive masjid.

[19:28]There's barely any halal restaurants.

[19:30]There's no Muslim school, not even a Muslim weekend school like a

[19:34]Saturday or Sunday school.

[19:35]And that's why this is a blessing that we have here, brothers

[19:39]and sisters, in our communities.

[19:40]We have multiple massagid, we have multiple Islamic schools, multiple weekend Islamic

[19:46]schools, multiple so many programs that we can enroll our children in.

[19:52]It's a big Muslim community.

[19:53]This is a that we have to thank Allah subhanana wa ta'ala

[19:55]for.

[19:56]I've seen certain families, their children, they grow up and they completely

[20:00]lose their identity because there isn't too many Muslims to hang around

[20:04]and the problem was that their parents when they decided to live

[20:11]in this city, it was all about the job.

[20:13]It was all about the career.

[20:15]What about your children?

[20:15]If you're all about your career, then don't have kids.

[20:20]If you want to raise good kids, the environment has to be

[20:25]healthy.

[20:26]You cannot raise good kids just by yourself.

[20:29]You need a good environment and atmosphere.

[20:32]So if it's not something that's important to me and I'm all

[20:36]about my career, then maybe I shouldn't have kids and just leave

[20:41]them to the community to the public schools so that they raise

[20:45]my children.

[20:46]So Allah says that the these are rights that our children have

[20:48]over us.

[20:50]So the first one was give your child a good name.

[20:57]There's another hadith from Allah where he says that when Allah grants

[21:01]you a child, the best gift that you can give to your

[21:04]child is Hassan.

[21:06]If you give your child a good name, that's the best gift

[21:13]that you can give your child.

[21:15]Now the question is here.

[21:16]I think so far we agree on this.

[21:19]give your child a good name.

[21:20]But the question is what's the definition of a good name?

[21:26]How do we define what a good name is?

[21:31]Some of us are married.

[21:31]Some of us inshallah will get married in the future and we

[21:37]will have kids.

[21:37]And I'm sure we've all thought of this.

[21:39]What name do I want to give for my child?

[21:43]And we all agree that that name should be a good name.

[21:48]But like I said, what constitutes a good name?

[21:53]There are some people their only focus and is on how the

[22:01]name sounds.

[22:02]If the name sounds good, they consider that name is good.

[22:08]To them, it's just a sound.

[22:12]Phonetics.

[22:12]I've met some people throughout my life.

[22:15]I asked them, you know, why did you name your child this

[22:19]name?

[22:20]Well, say it.

[22:21]It sounds very nice.

[22:22]Just because it sounds good, that's enough for you to choose it

[22:28]as a name.

[22:27]What does it mean?

[22:29]I have no idea.

[22:32]There are many people that have no idea what their name means.

[22:35]What does it represent?

[22:35]What does it symbolize?

[22:38]It just sounds good.

[22:40]And that's why there's a trend.

[22:41]You've seen some families, they name their first child, they give them

[22:48]a particular name and then the second child, they want it to

[22:51]rhyme with the first name.

[22:52]So the first one ends with an not going to mention examples

[22:57]because definitely someone from the audience will get upset.

[23:00]So it ends with an.

[23:04]The second child also an why did you choose the second name?

[23:07]Just so it rhymes.

[23:09]So it's all about sound for you.

[23:12]It's just a sound bite.

[23:12]That's how they see the name.

[23:14]And that's why I personally know someone not from this community.

[23:19]So I can mention this.

[23:20]I personally someone who wanted to play that rhyming game.

[23:22]Allah gave them one son.

[23:27]They named them something an a second son an an until when

[23:30]he had either the fifth or sixth child, he ran out of

[23:34]names that end with an.

[23:36]So, you know what?

[23:39]He named his fifth or sixth child.

[23:40]True story.

[23:43]Than means snake.

[23:42]But he didn't care.

[23:45]He wasn't looking at the meaning.

[23:47]As long as it ends with an so when I can introduce

[23:50]my kids, this is my first son.

[23:54]And Islam says to think more deeply about the name of your

[24:02]children.

[24:03]It's more than just how it sounds.

[24:05]Look at the meaning of the name of the word itself.

[24:07]Does it have a noble meaning?

[24:12]Does it have a beautiful meaning?

[24:13]Does it have a meaning that is tied to something that's good?

[24:17]So, it's the meaning of the word itself.

[24:19]And number two, does this word carry any spiritual weight or not?

[24:27]What do I mean?

[24:27]There are names brothers and sisters they themselves may be good names

[24:34]you know if you isolate them if you just look at them

[24:38]in a vacuum but these names are tied and linked to people

[24:44]who are not so good or they may be linked to people

[24:46]who are good.

[24:48]So when you're choosing a name for your child, don't just look

[24:52]at the meaning, direct meaning of the word itself.

[24:56]Or maybe the word sounds good, but is this name linked to

[24:59]something evil or not?

[25:01]Let me give you an example.

[25:03]There's a hadith imam heard that one of his companions named his

[25:10]son one day.

[25:12]What did he choose for his son?

[25:14]His his companion's name was Abd Malik.

[25:17]Abd Malik is the servant of the king means Abdullah.

[25:22]He named his son.

[25:25]Now let me ask you a question.

[25:28]Is there anyes here?

[25:28]Alhamdulillah.

[25:29]Is this a nice name?

[25:32]Well, some people may say, "Yeah, well it sounds nice.

[25:37]I don't know.

[25:40]Round rhymes with what?

[25:40]Am I around rhyme with another you know name that I like?

[25:47]But the imam asked him this question.

[25:49]He told him I heard you named your son Dice.

[25:51]Is that true?

[25:53]He said yes.

[25:55]Yeah, I like it.

[25:56]It rhymes with something else.

[26:00]Whatever, right?

[25:59]It's a good name.

[26:02]The imam told him, "Why did you name him?" This man, I

[26:05]don't know why, but it seems like he even kind of disrespected

[26:10]Immad.

[26:11]He told him, "What do you mean?

[26:15]Why did your dad name you Jaffar?" Immad's name was what?

[26:18]Was Jaffar.

[26:19]Now Jaffar may not sound too pleasant, but the meaning of it

[26:24]is very pleasant.

[26:25]So he told him, "Why did your dad name you?" Basically telling

[26:28]him, "I don't know why he named him." I said, "It sounds

[26:30]good.

[26:31]Just like your dad.

[26:33]He named you Jaffa.

[26:33]What is jaff?

[26:36]The imam told him no jaffur that word is the name of

[26:39]a river in paradise.

[26:43]When my father made me jaff because my father wanted to create

[26:47]a connection a link between me and Jenna between me and paradise.

[26:53]Is there anything more beautiful than that?

[26:54]So my name has a meaning.

[26:57]But then the imam told him do you know what means?

[27:00]He told him is one of the names of the shaitan.

[27:03]Do you want to create that link between your son and the

[27:09]shaitan?

[27:09]Obviously not.

[27:08]So the imam was basically addressing this point that sometimes you have

[27:15]to look at more than one aspect.

[27:17]You know another example this is mentioned in multiple hadith from our

[27:21]imams and this exact example is given.

[27:23]One of the names that's not recommended to name your children is

[27:27]what?

[27:27]is Malik.

[27:29]Now Malik, if you look at it independently, it doesn't sound bad.

[27:32]It doesn't sound bad.

[27:35]And even the the meaning Malik, the owner, it doesn't the meaning

[27:39]isn't negative either.

[27:40]But why is this name Makru?

[27:45]It's unrecommended, discouraged in Islam because of that link.

[27:53]Because the name Malik is reserved for the angel that is in

[27:57]charge of narannam the fires of hell.

[28:02]So when you remember the name Malik who comes to your mind

[28:06]what comes to your mind the fires of hell.

[28:11]Psychologically that's not healthy.

[28:14]If there is that connection between my child's name and Jannah, that

[28:20]child will live a traumatized life.

[28:24]People can make fun of him.

[28:27]He could be bullied.

[28:26]Every time someone calls Malik, it reminds them of Jan.

[28:31]Even though the name itself in isolation may not be wrong.

[28:34]So the imams they tell us names will have connotations.

[28:40]names will have spiritual weight.

[28:42]Make sure that you factor all these when you choose the name.

[28:49]And there are no greater names, brothers and sisters.

[28:53]I don't know how many how much I can stress on this

[28:59]and emphasize this.

[28:58]And there are no greater names than the names of Muhammad and

[29:04]Al Muhammad Muhammad Ali Muhammad.

[29:08]The most beautiful names that you can choose for your children is

[29:14]the names of look at the names of brothers and sisters.

[29:18]The names of B not only are they beautiful but they are

[29:24]linked with the greatest creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

[29:27]Look at for example let's start from the fourth immi but look

[29:36]at his title.

[29:36]The name means what?

[29:39]The one who always prostrated to Allah.

[29:43]The beauty, the adornment of the worshippers.

[29:48]The one who shed knowledge.

[29:51]So you create a link between that name, that child and between

[29:56]knowledge.

[29:58]Alic is the one who was truthful.

[30:00]Alum the one who was able to control his anger.

[30:05]Al the one who was always satisfied with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

[30:11]al jawad the one who was generous the one who guides helps

[30:19]other in being guided and then you have im which is which

[30:25]means good and you have last but not least I immediat is

[30:31]the guided one so these names they have a beautiful meaning and

[30:38]it's also a beautiful link between my child and between the greatest

[30:43]people that Allah ever created.

[30:44]You know there is this norm and especially within the Arab culture

[30:48]to name our children after our fathers after our grandfathers.

[30:53]Now obviously this is a way that I can honor my father.

[30:57]I can honor my grandfather.

[30:58]But the problem is sometimes you see that the name of the

[31:02]father or the grandfather wasn't the best name.

[31:05]Your grandpa made a mistake by choosing this name.

[31:10]And now I'm going to make the same mistake by continuing this

[31:15]tradition.

[31:15]And that's why Allah he used to change the names of some

[31:19]people in Jah because they had ridiculous names.

[31:22]They had names that their parents had given them was wrong.

[31:25]It was not an insult to the father.

[31:28]Allah there's multiple hadiths when someone comes to convert.

[31:33]What's your name?

[31:33]That's a very very strange name or a negative name or an

[31:38]ugly name.

[31:37]Well, the man could say my father chose this.

[31:40]This is my great-grandfather's name.

[31:42]This is a sacred name in my family.

[31:44]Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam shows that if a mistake was done once

[31:49]you can honor don't do it again.

[31:52]You can honor your father, your the legacy of your grandfather in

[31:55]another way if the name wasn't the best.

[31:58]But anyway, the best names that we can give to our children

[32:02]are the names of Alimam.

[32:05]There's a man a companion of im asked him this question once

[32:12]he told him if we name our children after you and your

[32:15]fathers the imams of B is there any benefit?

[32:19]Is this encouraged?

[32:22]Is this something good?

[32:24]Told him yes.

[32:27]He told him he told him what is religion besides love and

[32:35]honoring the ones that you love.

[32:38]Basically Almad is telling him if you name your children after us

[32:44]you're showing you're expressing your love for because when you love someone

[32:52]when you want to honor someone you name your child after that

[32:55]individual who do we love more than who do we want to

[33:00]honor more than Muhammad and Al Muhammad in our lives with all

[33:03]due respect to my parents and my grandparents but if Their names

[33:09]are different than the names of Batesam.

[33:12]Are they more important to me than my B than in this

[33:20]hadith he says that when you name your children after us this

[33:27]is a way in which you are honoring and when you honor

[33:33]Allah will honor you.

[33:32]And then recited this verse.

[33:40]Allah says in the holy Quran say and if you claim to

[33:49]love Allah then followool Allah follow measool Allah for Allah will what?

[33:56]Allah will love you.

[33:56]im applies this verse with naming our children after which means that

[34:02]the Imam is saying that follow us in every aspect of your

[34:09]life.

[34:10]Yes, in your yes in your in your behavior follow but even

[34:13]in the names that you choose for yourselves and for your children

[34:16]follow for this is a way in which you are expressing your

[34:21]love and devotion for them.

[34:22]And if you express your love and devotion for Allah ends the

[34:29]verse he says Allah will love you and Allah will forgive your

[34:36]sins.

[34:36]Is there a more beautiful reason for you to ch to to

[34:39]choose a name?

[34:41]When I choose the names of Ali, Muhammad, Hassan, Hussein, Fatma, Zah,

[34:48]Zan, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will forgive you.

[34:50]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will love you because you are expressing your

[34:56]love for.

[34:57]So the names of are stressed in the hadith.

[35:00]If you can always try to name your children after B.

[35:06]But probably the most and not probably but certainly the most emphasized

[35:11]name in the traditions of B maybe I saw more than 10

[35:19]hadiths about this is the name of Muhammad.

[35:19]Muhammad Ali Muhammad if Allah gives you a boy the used to

[35:25]stress name that boy Muhammad such that I've seen a hadith that

[35:31]says if Allah gives you three boys and you don't name any

[35:36]of them Muhammad the prophet himself says you have neglected Allahool Allah

[35:42]says I will feel disrespected and so the first boy fine you

[35:47]name it whatever name him after your grandfather Name him after this

[35:51]flower, after this whatever it is that you like.

[35:55]The second one.

[35:54]Okay.

[35:55]But the third one, the third one, name your child after Allah's

[35:59]greatest creation.

[36:01]So this is something that we have to pay attention to, brothers

[36:06]and sisters.

[36:07]Even though this is not waj, but this is showing respect to

[36:12]Allah sallallam.

[36:12]And the hadith tell us that the one who names their son

[36:16]Muhammad, this is not just a cultural thing.

[36:19]Brothers and sisters, no.

[36:20]Look at the benefits.

[36:21]Number one, there's a hadith from Allah himself.

[36:25]He says that if you name your son Muhammad, Allah subhanahu wa

[36:33]ta'ala will bless your son.

[36:34]In one tradition, the prophet says Muhammad and a house that has

[36:43]a Muhammad in it.

[36:42]That house will be a blessed house.

[36:46]And if there's a gathering and one of the people in that

[36:51]gathering is Muhammad, Allah will bless that gathering.

[36:53]In another hadith he says if there is a meal that is

[37:01]being served in a house and one of the attendees in that

[37:03]meal is Muhammad or Ahmed Ahmed right which is the name of

[37:11]Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

[37:14]If the name is Muhammad or Ahmed, Allah will sanctify you will

[37:21]bless that house twice on that day.

[37:24]If someone whose name is Muhammad and Ahmed, you invite them to

[37:28]the house and they have a meal.

[37:31]Allah will bless your house.

[37:33]My name is Ahmed and I accept invitations.

[37:36]Joking anyway.

[37:36]So Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blesses your house.

[37:40]Number two, Allah gives you protection.

[37:42]Remember we said names they carry spiritual weight.

[37:46]There's a hadith from im where he saw a child.

[37:50]He asked him what's your name?

[37:52]He told him my name is Muhammad.

[37:54]Thank you.

[37:56]>> I think this is a message for me to drink waterham.

[38:03]There's a bakam saw a young child one day.

[38:07]He told him what's your name?

[38:09]He told him my name is Muhammad.

[38:11]He told him what's your know the Arabs they have the which

[38:13]is Abuan and this was given even to a child it's a

[38:18]nickname he told him my nickname is Abu Ali imagine your name

[38:20]is Muhammad and your is Abu Ali how beautiful is that imbakis

[38:26]got excited he told him good for you for you have protected

[38:34]yourself strongly from the shaitan and then the imam said for whoever

[38:41]names their child Muhammad or Ali, one of these two names and

[38:45]you call that name Yah Ali, oh Muhammad, oh Ali, come here

[38:49]do this.

[38:50]The Imam said the Shan will melt like lead when he hears

[38:56]the name of Muhammad and Ali being called.

[38:58]Can you imagine that brothers and sisters?

[39:01]And then I leave that those names and I go and and

[39:03]and and and find other weird names to to name my children.

[39:09]when Allah gives you protection because the shaitan can't stand the names

[39:13]of these two individuals and all of what better names are there

[39:17]and there's a third hadith listen to this brothers and sisters this

[39:21]hadith is amazing there's a third hadith one of our narrates it

[39:26]he says that on the day of judgment narrate it from one

[39:28]of the imams on the day of judgment Allah will bring forth

[39:35]someone to try them to judge them That person will have committed

[39:40]sins.

[39:40]But that person's name is Muhammad.

[39:42]You know what Allah will tell that individual?

[39:44]If my name was Muhammad and I committed sins, Allah will tell

[39:51]him, "You had no shame.

[39:52]You were named after the greatest of my Muhammad, the most beloved

[39:56]of my servants, Muhammad.

[39:59]But you lived a life of sin.

[40:02]You had no shame." And then Allah tells him, "You know what?

[40:06]You deserve punishment.

[40:09]But how can I punish you when you carry the name of

[40:11]the person that I love most, Muhammad?

[40:15]This shows you that this name Muhammad can possibly act as an

[40:22]intercession as your shi on the day of judgment.

[40:25]And likewise, the names of Ali and Hassan and Hussein and all

[40:29]the other beautiful names of Bai, these names are dear to Allah

[40:33]subhanahu wa ta'ala.

[40:35]In the book of Alfi, there's a hadith that says Marwan who

[40:41]was an enemy of B.

[40:43]He saw IM one day and it seems like the Imam was

[40:48]young.

[40:46]This was before Kbalah.

[40:48]He told him, "What's your name?" He knew this was the son

[40:51]of Hussein, but he didn't know his name.

[40:53]He told him, "My name is Ali." Imam Zul Abdin's name was

[40:59]Ali.

[41:00]Ali Hussein.

[40:58]He said, "What's your brother's name?" Ali.

[41:02]What's your other brother brother's name?

[41:05]Ali.

[41:06]What's going on?

[41:06]All of you are Ali.

[41:09]He told him your father could not find any other name but

[41:10]Ali.

[41:11]All of you are Ali.

[41:13]And that's why we have Ali Akbar who was killed on the

[41:14]day of imbal that was killed in in the battlefield.

[41:20]So immedi said that your father couldn't find any other name.

[41:29]Look at what im Hussein said.

[41:31]He said, "Wallah, if Allah gives me a hundred boys, I will

[41:37]name every single one of them Ali." Where is brothers and sisters?

[41:44]>> Okay.

[41:46]Alhamdulillah.

[41:59]Please don't be afraid brothers and sisters.

[42:05]Ali, thank you.

[42:07]Thank you so much.

[42:09]May Allah bless you.

[42:09]So, Im Hussein said, "If Allah gives me a hundred names, every

[42:12]single one of them will be Ali." Look at the passion I

[42:17]im Hussein had for IM Ali Ali.

[42:19]The B are teaching us, follow us in our footsteps.

[42:24]And the next topic that I wanted to discuss about names is

[42:29]who has the right of choosing the name?

[42:32]When we have a child, who has the right of choosing the

[42:34]name?

[42:35]You know, in the Arab culture, there's this habit that the whole

[42:41]family has to have like a conference and they all, you know,

[42:45]deliberate until they choose a name.

[42:46]And most of the times even the grandparents they will pressure the

[42:53]husband the wife to choose a name.

[42:56]They'll interfere and exert pressure.

[42:58]Now Islamically brothers and sisters yes we are expected to respect our

[43:03]parents who are the grandparents of our children.

[43:06]But at the same time to the grandparents, Islam tells you to

[43:12]also be mindful of your son and your daughter-in-law.

[43:18]Be mindful of them because it's the father that will have to

[43:20]raise this child.

[43:22]It's the mother that is carrying this child for 9 months.

[43:24]And I come so conveniently the last minute, name him this, name

[43:29]him that.

[43:28]I remember there was this lady who said an older lady who

[43:32]said once that I made a nither for Allah a vow that

[43:36]if Allah gives me this haj I will name my grandchild this

[43:38]you don't own your grandchild you can't just come and act as

[43:44]if it's my property I will name them and then this creates

[43:47]problems between the husband and wife okay maybe the son out of

[43:50]respect for his mother he'll say mama you can name my son

[43:54]you can name my daughter but the daughter-in-law not necessarily or if

[43:57]the daughter wants to do that for her mother, will the son-in-law

[44:00]also be on the same boat?

[44:03]Not necessarily.

[44:02]So, this is creating friction between them.

[44:06]Yes, we can consult our parents.

[44:08]We can come and suggest, but to demand it, they have to

[44:11]be named after me.

[44:13]They have to be named after my father.

[44:15]No, you know, I read the story um that happened in one

[44:20]of the Arab countries.

[44:20]There was this couple that was married for years.

[44:24]They didn't have a child.

[44:25]Finally Allah subhana wa ta'ala granted them a child and it was

[44:30]a boy.

[44:29]So the boy was born.

[44:31]They were in the hospital.

[44:32]The family came to visit and the husband and wife had agreed

[44:37]to name that child Ysef.

[44:38]Right?

[44:38]It's a beautiful name.

[44:39]The names of the prophets have also been recommended by B.

[44:45]So they wanted to name the child Ysef.

[44:47]So the family members came, they congratulated them until who came?

[44:54]The grandfather, the husband's, the father's father.

[44:55]He came and he was walking inside, you know, the room.

[45:01]You know that special walk, the first grandson walk.

[45:03]And he entered, he saw his grandson.

[45:06]It's the first grandson.

[45:08]He kissed the child.

[45:08]And then he asked his son, "What did you name him?" He

[45:12]said, "Baba, I named him Ysef." You know, this is a name

[45:15]we've loved for for so long.

[45:16]And the father looked at him and he said, "No, his name

[45:21]is not Ysef." So the son, he was surprised.

[45:24]He said, "What do you mean his name is Ysef?

[45:28]You know, we've both accepted and agreed to name him Ysef." He

[45:31]said, "No, you will name him Abdul Karim." Why?

[45:36]Because my father's name was Abdul Karim.

[45:39]And the first grandson has to be named after the great-grandfather.

[45:42]I mean, my grandfather.

[45:45]So the f the the son said but but we named him

[45:49]Ysef.

[45:50]He said no he will be Abdul Kharim.

[45:52]So he was embarrassed to say anything.

[45:55]So now his wife the mother she stepped in.

[45:59]She's like please we've decided to name him Ysef.

[46:02]He told her he will be Abdul Karim.

[46:08]You like it or not.

[46:08]The next 10 boys you can name them all Ysef.

[46:11]This one will be Abdul Karim.

[46:13]So they started fighting.

[46:14]Should we name him Abdul Kharim?

[46:18]Should we name him Ysef?

[46:19]And then the nurse came, what's the name of the child?

[46:23]She asked the father.

[46:24]The father looks at the his father.

[46:25]He doesn't know.

[46:27]Then he looks at his wife and then he looks at the

[46:28]nurse.

[46:29]He doesn't know what to say.

[46:29]He's sweating.

[46:31]Whatever he says, someone will be angry with him.

[46:34]So then because they see he's silent, the f the grandfather says,

[46:37]he tells the nurse, "Write Abdul Karim." And the mother, she says,

[46:42]"No." No, the daughter-in-law says, "No, write Yousef." So, she asks the

[46:47]father, "What should we write?

[46:48]Please tell us what to write on his birth certificate." So, he

[46:51]looks at his father, he looks at his wife, and he tells

[46:57]the nurse, "Write Abdul Ysef." The true story, Abdul Karim, Ysef, Abdul

[47:03]Karim Ysef, his name was Abdul Ysef.

[47:06]When they went home, the grandfather was upset and the wife was

[47:11]upset because neither got what they wanted.

[47:13]The grandfather continued calling him Abdul Karim and the mother continued calling

[47:17]him Ysef.

[47:18]When he went to school the first day, his teacher asked him

[47:24]in kindergarten, "Which what's your name?" He said, "Uh, which name are

[47:27]you asking about?" Said, "What do you mean which name?

[47:28]What's your name?" He said, "Well, my legal name is Abdul Ysef,

[47:33]but in my house there's a different name." She said, "What's the

[47:37]other name?" He told her, "Well, there's it depends.

[47:40]If it's my grandfather, it's Abdul Karim.

[47:43]If it's my if it's my mother, then it's Ysef." And all

[47:47]that confusion was created.

[47:48]This poor guy Abdul Ysef, finally, when he was older, he went

[47:53]and he changed his name because he didn't like that name.

[47:55]So, sometimes, brothers and sisters, there are stories I've heard of tension

[47:59]that happens.

[48:00]There's a story that I heard once that there was an actual

[48:03]fight.

[48:03]I read it on some of the Arab media outlets.

[48:08]There was a fight that happened between uh you know the husband

[48:12]and wife in Jordan over naming the child because the the child

[48:17]was born and they hadn't agreed.

[48:21]The father wanted the name Khaled because his father's name was Khalid.

[48:24]But the wife wanted the name Omar.

[48:26]And even the article says because she saw Omar is a very

[48:29]beautiful, spiritually beautiful name.

[48:31]Anyway, and she and and he wanted Khalid.

[48:35]So they wouldn't agree, but they didn't tell their families that they

[48:39]have agreed.

[48:41]So the man tells his family that he's Khaled.

[48:45]She tells her family, "No, he's Omar." So they come both families,

[48:49]the family of the wife, the family of the husband and they

[48:56]come to congratulate in the hospital and what they notice is the

[48:59]family of the wife.

[49:00]They have all these sweets Anna is written the family of the

[49:08]husband they come when they see this a huge fight erupts.

[49:11]The grandma goes crazy.

[49:14]She tells them that he he will be this is not something

[49:16]we can change because I already told all my friends and then

[49:21]she said I even created a WhatsApp group my baby my grandson

[49:25]I can't change this anymore the fight escalated between them one of

[49:31]them said only the father can name another one says the mother

[49:34]nine months she was pregnant until they started fighting chairs at each

[49:39]other and the child that baby was injured and almost died because

[49:43]of this stupid name choosing.

[49:47]They were acting like kids.

[49:51]So when it comes to choosing our the names of our children,

[49:54]brothers and sisters, we have to be a little more, you know,

[49:56]responsible, a little more mature and give individuals, the fathers and mothers

[50:02]their room.

[50:03]And finally, I know I'm out of time.

[50:06]Two, three minutes and I will be done.

[50:08]The final point that I wanted to address, we Muslims that live

[50:10]in the western world, there is another issue that we deal with,

[50:18]there's some type of pressure on us that we give our children

[50:21]American names, right?

[50:24]Or they will have an Islamic name, but then we will be

[50:27]kind of pulled towards changing their Islamic names to an American name.

[50:32]And you know this might be understandable for some because they want

[50:36]their children to blend in in the American society.

[50:39]They don't want their children to be discriminated in school at work.

[50:43]So they will change the names and that's why this is something

[50:49]common you know Muhammad becomes what becomes Mike right?

[50:51]So his real name is Muhammad but it becomes Mike.

[50:55]Uh Ali becomes I don't know Alex or Al.

[51:00]Fatma becomes Fay.

[50:59]um um ste uh Mustafa Mustafa becomes Steve some of them I

[51:06]don't even know how they decided that this becomes into this but

[51:09]there are some individuals who like giving their kids an American name

[51:13]you know there was a child I heard the story there was

[51:19]a child who an Arab child who uh in school they called

[51:24]him um well let me let me mention it first his name

[51:26]was Hassan and his last name was B but In school, what

[51:30]did they call him?

[51:31]Harry Potter.

[51:34]Hassan Harry Potter.

[51:36]Right?

[51:36]So, Hassan becomes Harry.

[51:39]This is something that you know is very common in the western

[51:42]world.

[51:42]Is Islam okay with this or not?

[51:45]Really quickly, brothers and sisters, this is technically not haram.

[51:48]But remember what we said, the name is not just a social

[51:53]label.

[51:54]It what?

[51:54]It's what?

[51:55]It's your child's identity, their belonging.

[51:58]It's their connection.

[51:59]When you give them the name Muhammad, you want them to be

[52:05]proud of this name.

[52:05]You want them to be proud of the person Muhammad.

[52:08]But if you change their name, what does that teach them?

[52:13]Shy away from your name.

[52:14]That your name is something to not be proud about.

[52:18]That's number one.

[52:18]So what message are we sending our children when we change their

[52:23]names?

[52:23]And number two, if your child inshallah grows up and becomes successful

[52:27]and they keep the American name, their success will not reflect on

[52:31]Islam.

[52:31]That's why you see so many Muslims who are successful, you read

[52:34]their names, their names are Mike and John and I don't know

[52:37]all this stuff, but they were born with a Muslim name.

[52:41]And the credit doesn't go back to the names of BIM.

[52:45]That's why people say, "Have you ever seen Muhammad or Ali who's

[52:49]successful?" There's many of them.

[52:50]But unfortunately when we become successful for some reason we change our

[52:54]name.

[52:55]So let us do a service foram that if I become successful

[53:02]one day I'm proud of this name and this name will be

[53:04]associated with success inshallah.

[53:08]May Allah subhanana wa ta'ala bless you all and accept your and

[53:12]grant you many children that are all named Muhammad and Ali.

[53:19]Allah Muhammad

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