Zakir Naik – Should a Person Change their Name before Accepting Islam

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The speaker discusses the importance of changing the name of a person on Islam, citing the history of the name being sh admitsled and the need for a strong message to convey. They also mention a woman who wants to convert to Islam and change her surname. The speaker emphasizes the importance of being a doctor and finding the right partner for the person.

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			The
		
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			question posed by the sisters, is it compulsory
		
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			for non Muslim
		
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			to change his or her name before he
		
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			or she accept Islam?
		
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			Seeing the tradition of beloved prophet,
		
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			we have to analyze what he did.
		
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			As I mentioned in my talk, the prophet
		
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			never ever advised anyone to change the family
		
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			name because the family name gives the background
		
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			from which region is coming, from which family
		
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			is coming. It shows the lineage.
		
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			As far as the name is concerned,
		
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			that's the given name, the first name.
		
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			If the first name
		
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			has a element of shirk in it.
		
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			Shirk.
		
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			That's why we partner with Allah Subhanahu Wa
		
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			Ta'ala. Then the name should be changed. Like
		
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			a person name is Ram
		
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			or Ashman.
		
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			It has element of shirk because these are
		
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			deities of certain non Muslims,
		
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			have element of shirk. If it has an
		
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			element of shirk, then the given name should
		
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			be changed. Otherwise, there's option you can continue
		
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			or you may change adoption with yours. Many
		
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			a time, Abdulla prophet, masala sallam, did not
		
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			change the name of the people who accept
		
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			Islam. Many times they advised them change it.
		
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			If it contains the element of shield, it's
		
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			a compulsory.
		
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			Even if it doesn't contain,
		
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			if the person changes, no problem at all.
		
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			And once
		
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			in arif,
		
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			there was
		
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			a non Muslim
		
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			girl, a Hindu,
		
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			who was about to accept Islam.
		
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			And many a time the reason is
		
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			that because they want to marry a Muslim
		
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			boy,
		
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			and which
		
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			normally the Quran says in Suri Baqarah chapter
		
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			2 or 2 21, that do not marry
		
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			non Muslims. Do not marry a woman to
		
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			non Muslim men,
		
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			mushrik men, until they believe.
		
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			A Muslim man who's a believer,
		
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			a Muslim man who's a
		
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			is much better than a non Muslim even
		
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			if he allows you.
		
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			If a Muslim woman has the option to
		
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			marry a Muslim man who's a
		
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			as compared
		
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			to a non Muslim who's a,
		
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			he may be the most handsome man. He
		
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			may be.
		
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			But the option is between a Muslim man.
		
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			He's much better than a non Muslim even
		
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			if he allows you. And similar case is
		
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			when a Muslim man has to marry
		
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			a woman. If she's non Muslim, it's not
		
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			allowed. If she's a mushrik, it's not allowed
		
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			unless
		
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			she becomes a Muslim.
		
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			Once there was a case in which
		
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			a Hindu girl wanted to accept Islam, and
		
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			after speaking
		
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			with the boy who brought that girl,
		
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			I could realize that, you know, the main
		
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			reason was only because it was a love
		
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			marriage, you know, infatuation.
		
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			But I cannot doubt anyone. She wants to
		
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			accept Islam. I say, I learn. I say,
		
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			I learn. We have to guide them in
		
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			the right channels. And
		
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			having a discussion, she asked me,
		
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			mother Zakir, should I change the name compulsory?
		
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			And but not just seeing that the was
		
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			there.
		
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			Seeing to it that was there, I could
		
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			talk to the.
		
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			And I gave the reason that why a
		
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			Muslim should wear the label, and I gave
		
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			a short synopsis of this talk.
		
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			He's saying, brother Zakir, how illogical can a
		
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			person be? For 25
		
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			years for 25 years, I've been called by
		
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			the name of Shilpa. I'm changing the name
		
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			so that the identity is not revealed.
		
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			I've been called by the name of Shilpa.
		
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			Now after 25 years, you're telling me change
		
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			the name. How illogical can you be?
		
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			I told
		
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			her to the husband.
		
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			When a person becomes a doctor, he gets
		
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			a doctor's degree. He changes from mister to
		
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			doctor because being a doctor is better. But
		
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			she was not convinced.
		
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			I asked her, do you like Islam? She
		
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			said yes.
		
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			I could make out that. The main reason
		
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			she wanted to do, convert, revert to Islam,
		
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			work for the boy. So what to do?
		
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			You have to use your Hikma. So I
		
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			asked her, sister, what is your full name?
		
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			So she told me, I'm changing the name,
		
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			my name is Shilpa
		
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			Pandurong
		
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			Deshmukh.
		
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			Shilpa Pandurang Deshmukh.
		
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			So I asked her, sister, after you marry
		
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			this brother,
		
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			whose name was
		
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			Abdul Karim Shaikh,
		
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			After you married this Abdul Karim Shaikh, what
		
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			will your name be? So she said, my
		
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			name will be Shilpa Abdul Karim Shaikh. So
		
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			I said, sister, how illogical can you be?
		
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			For 25 years, you are called Shilpa and
		
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			now you want to call yourself
		
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			How illogical can you be?
		
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			And the discussion was over.
		
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			I was trying to prove to her the
		
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			point that she's willing to change her surname
		
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			because previously,
		
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			she preferred to be identified as the daughter
		
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			of.
		
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			Now she wants to be identified as wife
		
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			of Abdul Karim Shaikh.
		
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			So similarly,
		
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			previously, you are a Hindu.
		
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			Now,
		
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			if you know and you agree that Islam
		
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			is a better religion, why are you not
		
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			willing to be identified as a Muslim? And
		
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			the discussion was over. Whether she changed her
		
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			name or not, I don't know.
		
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			But when you speak with them, you have
		
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			to speak with Sikma. Regarding the reply, it's
		
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			not compulsory
		
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			unless
		
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			the name contains the element of. If it
		
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			doesn't contain, the option is there. You can
		
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			keep that name or change the name. Hope
		
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			that answers the question.