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Is it permissible to name a newborn boy "Daniel, Alexander, Mario" and a girl "Christina"?

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It is recommended to name children with good names, such as the names of prophets and companions. The most beloved names to Allah are "Abdullah" and "Abdurrahman." If the names are foreign and specific to disbelievers, it is not permissible to name children with them, because it involves imitating them, such as "Mario" and "Christina." Imitating disbelievers by naming children with their names is a great sin, and if it is done out of a belief in their superiority over the names of Muslims, it may shake the foundation of faith, and one must repent from it and change the name.

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