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Does sin befall someone who does not change his name, Muharram, which he was named after an entertainer as a blessing, and is it permissible to be named Muharram?

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There is no objection to the name "Haram," and it is not necessary to change it, as it contains a good meaning: the person is forbidden to his enemies and to what harms him. Furthermore, Companions such as Haram ibn Milhan and Umm Haram were named thus, and the Prophet did not order them to change their names. Nor does it matter if the name coincides with the name of a singer, because the coincidence of names is common, and one name may be used by both a believer and a disbeliever.

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