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Is it permissible to address a person named Omar bin Saeed as "Omar bin al-Khattab" out of curiosity?

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There is no harm in calling out the names of the Companions, as long as it is not done in a mocking or ridiculing manner. Merely calling out their names is more befitting of permissibility.

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