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Is naming a girl "Teena" considered an imitation of disbelievers and Christians, especially since the name is derived from Allah's saying, "By the fig and the olive, and Mount Sinai"?

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There is no impediment to naming a girl "Teenah" (fig), intending thereby the fruit, because it is an Arabic name, and there is no resemblance in it to Jews, Christians, or other polytheists.

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