Is it permissible to name a Muslim child "Raphael" from the Bible, and is this name considered shirk (polytheism/associating partners with God)?
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It is not permissible to name a Muslim child "Raphael" because it is a name specific to non-Muslims, and because its meaning is "God has healed" or "God the Healer," and a created being cannot be named with this.
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