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