Naming Children
1,089 questions
Is a Muslim woman who has three sons, the last of whom was born with a physical disability, permitted to be content with what Allah has bestowed upon her, out of fear of giving birth to a child with a worse condition, or should she marry another and bear children, knowing that food contamination affects fertility?
How many sucklings are necessary for a child to become a brother by suckling? And do my eldest son and all my children become her children by suckling, and vice versa, if brotherhood is established between the two suckling infants?
Is there any sin on the mother or the son if the mother gifts her dutiful son money during her lifetime, and makes the son sign a waiver of his inheritance share to ensure fair distribution among her undutiful children after her death?
Is it permissible to officially register a newborn with a name different from the one she is called by, in order to please the mother and avoid her opposition, or what are the consequences of not naming the daughter after the mother?
What is the ruling on naming a newborn "Aabid Al-Rushdan" or "Ubayd Al-Rushdan"? And which of the two is permissible?
What is the ruling regarding a wife who insults her husband, denies his paternity of their children, and refuses to share his bed without a valid excuse?
What is the ruling on naming a newborn girl "Su'dad"?
Is it permissible to receive the results of a DNA fingerprint analysis for a son to confirm his lineage, and what are the Sharia implications in the event that his lineage is disproven?
Is it necessary to inform an adopted son of his true lineage, or should the matter be concealed from him?
What is the ruling on making an educational robot for children that the child assembles, constructs, and moves via phone?
What is the ruling on a father demanding ownership of parts of a building constructed on his land after he permitted his children to build and pledged that what they built would be theirs, then changed his mind, demanding more than half of the building, claiming partnership in it and that he had willed it so, despite his affluence and lack of need, and his desire to bequeath these parts to his other affluent children?
Are the siblings entitled to object to their mother gifting a house to her son?
Is it permissible to name a daughter "Halimah," or is "Hafsa" better, and what is your advice for raising children?
How is the estate of a man, valued at 24,0, divided among his heirs: 9 sons, 4 daughters, and 2 wives?
How can one deal with a mother who abuses and slanders her children, is never satisfied with their attempts to please her, and mistreats everyone around her?
What is the ruling on naming with "Nevin," given the difference in its origins and meanings, and is it permissible to name females with it?
How is an estate worth 80,000 pounds divided among a mother who left six children (three sons and three daughters) and a living husband?
Is the aforementioned distribution, which includes 12.50% for the mother, 65.63% for the two sons, and 21.88% for the two daughters, from the estate of the deceased father who left behind a wife and four children (two sons and two daughters)—is this a just distribution according to Islamic law?
Does the meaning of "righteous child" mentioned in the Hadith apply only to the deceased's son, or does it also include the grandson and great-grandson?
Is it obligatory for brothers to serve their blind and severely mentally disabled brother, and what is the ruling on their not serving him if the parents request it, and what if the parents fall short in serving him and cast the responsibility upon the children?
Does a father's allocating a large portion of his saved salary to his youngest son from his new wife, without doing the same for his older children, constitute forbidden discrimination under Islamic law?
Is it permissible to name a newborn "Ghiyath"?
How does a man married to two women justly divide expenses between his wives, given the difference in the number and ages of their children?
What about a woman who died and left behind a husband, a maternal half-brother, and two maternal half-brother's sons?