Zakir Naik – What to do with Names and Surnames used by Muslims and Non-Muslims
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The speaker discusses the various names and surname associated with Muslims in India, including Th bus, Th bus, Shah, and the Iranian- born name Sheela. They emphasize the importance of identifying the proper name for a certain person and the need to be proud of their appearance. The speaker also warns against trying to manipulate people to change their names and suggests being proud of one's appearance to attract good customers.
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We have many Muslims, especially living in India,
who have various types of surnames and nims.
And
there are various surnames
which match with the surnames of the non
muslims.
And especially
the Muslims of the Kokan region.
The Kokanese,
and even I'm a Kokanee.
So that no Kokanee feels offended.
And if you analyze the surname
of certain Muslims, depending on the region they're
coming from, their surname resembles that of the
non Muslims, of the Hindus.
You have a Thakur, a Muslim Thakur and
a Hindu Thakur. You have the Patel, the
Muslim Patel and the Hindu Patel.
You have the night. Night, my funny name
is night. You have the Muslim night and
the Hindu night.
You have
A Muslim power skirt and a Hindu power
skirt. You have Muslims coming from the Gujarat
side. We have surnames like Shah. You have
a Muslim Shah, you have a Hindu Shah.
Surname like Desai. You have a Muslim Desai
and a Hindu Desai.
We cannot identify from the surname whether the
person is a Muslim or a non Muslim.
If you read the tradition of beloved prophet,
the prophet never ever changed the family name.
He never advised the people to change the
family name. You know why? The family name
shows the roots,
and identification of the roots is very important
in Islam. Therefore, the prophet never ever recommended
any Muslim to change his family name, whatever
his name was.
Because
if you know, ah, Naik Kokhini coming from
Kokan region, you come to know the roots.
Ah, Thakur, if you're the Muslim coming from
the Kokan region. Ah, Shah coming from the
Gujarat side. You come to know the lineage,
the area where you come from.
But many a times,
along with the surname,
which may get mixed up with a non
Muslim,
you even have names which can get mixed
up with a non Muslims.
You have Muslim, Muslim women who have the
name,
Kishwar.
You have a Muslim Kishwar,
and a non Muslim Kishwar.
You have
names
such
as Sheela.
You know, there are some Muslim women who
have the name Sheela. Even the Hindu as
Shilah.
You have Danish, Muslim Danish and a Parsi
Danish.
There are certain names which are common.
And
some of the Muslims,
when they have
a non Muslim type of surname, like,
they take advantage of situation,
and
they try
and manipulate.
If they're meeting
a Muslim,
certain names of Muslims are identical. You can
easily identify the Muslim, like Abdullah,
Sultan, Mohammed,
Zakir. No two doubts that the Abdullah, Zakir,
Mohammed, Sultan, they are Muslims. No two doubts.
So if you have a label which still
identifies
and your name is specific, there's no two
doubts that you're a Muslim. But certain Muslim,
they take advantage
if they have
a surname which matches
with a non Muslim. If they meet a
Muslim, they say their full name,
like Mohammed Naid full name. That's the name
of my brother.
And if they meet a non Muslim,
they say m Nite.
It can be Manoj Nite.
It can be manor night. My brother doesn't
do that,
but I'm telling the example so that no
one feels hurt.
No one says that I'm particularly pinpointing because
it's very common. They write m night, only
m night,
or
m a Nike, m d Nike, whatever it
is.
You can identify whether they're Muslim or non
Muslim. When they meet Muslims,
they say their full name.
So using such things intentionally,
trying to manipulate
that if a Muslim comes, maybe I get
good customers, I'm trying if I'm Muslim. If
a non Muslim comes,
I try and deceive him. It is nothing
but deception, which Islam is completely against.
If your name happens to resemble non Muslim,
if your surname, no problem. Keep it. But
don't use the strategy
of trying
to win over people by deceiving them.
Islam doesn't permit that.
Be proud of
and identify yourself to be as Muslims.
You know, when you go to school,
you have particular uniform.
That if you're going to Saint Peter's School,
the school which I went to, you have
gray trousers and white shirt. You can immediately
identify
he's a Saint Peter's ride, a student of
Saint Peter's school.
If he's going to Saint Mary's school, he
wears white trousers and white shirt. And if
I that he's a student of Saint Mary's
school.
And they are particularly different color, tie, etcetera.
It's easy to identify. They wear a uniform
known as the school uniform.
Identify the person.