Naming Children
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What is the Sharia ruling regarding those who believe that naming children after prophets or members of the Prophet's household brings good luck and guarantees intercession merely by calling upon the name?
Does an infant benefit from being spoken to about religious matters, or from hearing the Quran and Hadith?
What is the ruling on being named after prophets and angels (peace be upon them) in forums and adopting these names as usernames?
Is it prohibited to dedicate a specific supplication to a particular need, such as naming a supplication for marriage or a supplication for children?
What is the ruling regarding a husband divorcing his pregnant wife with a single, revocable pronouncement, then verbally reconciling with her in court without proof before she gives birth, and then the husband refusing to reconcile with her after she gives birth? Is she permissible for him after she refuses to return, considering they have three children?
Should a mother divide her money among her children equally or according to inheritance law, and is it permissible to deprive a disobedient son of this money?
Is it permissible to name a girl Talia?
What is the ruling regarding a father severely beating his adult daughter on her head and body without a convincing reason, leading to her bleeding and her body being bruised, knowing that the father is unjust, disobedient to his mother, does not pray, consumes unlawful wealth, and is not convinced by the noble Hadith or the Holy Quranic verse?
Is it permissible to use the kunya "Abu Malik and Al-Layth" instead of just "Abu Malik," and is there a precedent for such a kunya?
How is an inheritance distributed among: a wife, two sons, three daughters, three grandsons (son's sons), two granddaughters (son's daughters), two brothers, two sisters, and one maternal half-brother?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband divorcing his wife and casting her and their child out into the street without cause?
What is the ruling on naming children "Bismillah" (In the Name of God) and "Salli 'ala al-Nabi" (Pray upon the Prophet)?
What is the ruling on an uneducated sister waiving her share of the house without knowing the reality of the papers she signed, and what is the ruling on the house that the two younger brothers have acquired in Sharia, and is it considered lawful wealth?
Is a mother sinful for refusing to sell the inheritance and divide it among the children, which has caused animosity among them?
Is it permissible to name children "Lut" (Lot), peace be upon him, and what is the extent of the validity of linking the name to the actions of Lut's people?
How is inheritance divided among a mother, a son, and three daughters?
How is an inheritance divided among: a mother, two sons, and one daughter?
What is the legal ruling regarding the inheritance of a kalalah when there is one sister or two sisters among the heirs, and what is the share of the remaining half or third? And are the two noble verses: "They ask you for a legal decision. Say: Allah gives you a legal decision concerning Al-Kalalah..." and "If a man or a woman dies leaving neither a parent nor a child and he (or she) has a brother or a sister..." abrogating and abrogated, or does each have a different ruling?
Does the parents' role in upbringing end when the child reaches maturity, and what is the evidence for that?
What is the rightful share of the heirs in the estate of the deceased who has no children, was married and divorced, whose parents are deceased, whose paternal uncles are deceased, and who has sons and daughters of paternal uncles and a paternal aunt, and a person has appeared claiming to be his son?
Is it permissible to name a child Abd Al-Noor?
Is the son whose father wrote all his property to him, thereby disinheriting the remaining siblings, sinful, or is the sin only upon the father?
Will a son inherit from his mother who died and left behind money, if he does not know his father and does not know whether he is a son of fornication or a legitimate son?
Is justice a prerequisite in gift-giving between married daughters, and is justice a prerequisite between male children in their father's home and his married daughters?