Prefix name Muhammad.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
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In
recommended
practise? I can not see any sahaba or auliya having such name.
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Answer:
Prefix name Muhammad
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 none 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 assigned to each individual is no more than a sign
or recognition of that person; and there is absolutely no obligation or
compulsion in Shariah that a believer is obliged or required to keep a
‘traditional’ Islamic or ‘muslim’ name.
One is at complete liberty to assign any good wholesome name to their
off-spring in absolutely any language they will or please.
The only names which Islam prohibits from assigning to a
believer are names which connote or denote polytheism or disbelief (Abdul-Lat,
Abdul-Uzza, (slaves of the pagan gods like Lat and Uzza, etc.) or names like
Ramdas (slave of the Hindu god Ram), etc.; or names which have an inherit evil
or vile meaning.
Other than names which connote polytheism and disbelief,
or names which have an inherently evil meaning….Islam has allowed the believers
the complete freedom to chose and assign any good wholesome name in any
language they will and please.
If one chooses to name their child ‘Muhammad’ or wishes to
appoint the name ‘Muhammad’ as a prefix to their child’s maiden name….there is
absolutely no harm.
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