What is the ruling on naming a newborn "Hafiz"?
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It is permissible to be named "Hafiz" because there is no legal impediment, and the basic principle is the permissibility of being named with any name that does not carry a bad meaning. Sheikh Bakr Abu Zayd mentioned this name among the chosen names for boys in his book "Tasmiyat al-Mawlud" (Naming the Newborn), and some scholars were named with it, such as Sheikh Hafiz ibn Ahmad al-Hakami.
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