Will Allah hold me accountable on the Day of Judgment if I name my daughter "Acacia" because it is a non-Arabic name?
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Good names should be chosen for children because they have a psychological impact on their bearer, and because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to choose good names and change ugly ones. The criterion for prohibited names is that they involve servitude to other than Allah, or are named after one of His exclusive names, or contain a violation of Islamic manners, or are inherently ugly, or involve imitation of the enemies of Islam.
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