Is it necessary to have one`s nikah in the same name as was given at the time of the aqeeqah?
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Is it necessary to have one`s nikah in the same name as was given at the time
of the aqeeqah? I was given a certain name at the time of my aqeeqah and for
some reason it was changed at the time of school admission. This changed
"official" name is what I have used all my life and have been married
in this name as well. Is the Nikah not valid, Allah forbid? Do you recommend
any "corrective" action.
Jazak Allah
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Answer:
Nikaah and name change
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad
(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
A name is but a form of recognition assigned to each
individual at the time of one’s birth.
If for any reason whatsoever, one’s maiden given name is changed, or one
wishes to change the name one was assigned at one’s birth, there is absolutely
no harm.
If you were assigned a name at birth, and the name was
subsequently changed to another name, everything that transpired or was
transacted in your new name will be considered absolutely valid, legal, and
lawful in the Sight of Shariah and of Allah Subhanah.
Your
Question: Is it necessary to have one`s nikah in the same name as was given at
the time of the aqeeqah?
There is absolutely no such obligation in Shariah that one
must perform one’s Nikaah only by the name which one was assigned at the time
of his birth. If one has subsequently
changed one’s name in the course of one’s life, the new name will officially be
the recognition of the person, and any agreement or transaction the person does
in the new name will be absolutely valid, lawful, and legal in the Sight of
Shariah.
Your
Question: This changed "official" name is what I have used all my
life and have been married in this name as well. Is the Nikah not valid, Allah
forbid?
The usage of your changed name does not in any way
invalidate your Nikaah agreement, either in the sight of the believers, in the
sight of Shariah Law, or in the Sight of Allah Subhanah. The Nikaah performed in the changed name will
be deemed absolutely legal, valid, and lawful.
Your
Question: Do you recommend any "corrective" action.
Since your new name is now your official form and usage of
recognition in society, there is absolutely no wrong done and thus there is
absolutely no corrective action that needs to be taken in the least. Rest absolutely assured that the Nikaah
performed in your changed name is absolutely legal, valid, and lawful in the
Sight of Shariah Law and of Allah Subhanah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister