Assalam o alaikum, i Shaikh Altaf Ahmed s/o Shaikh Ashfaque ahmed, on 30-01-2011, at 2.45pm my Baby (Girl) born, my wife name is Heena Tabbaum, please suggest name of my Baby (Girl) As earliest as possible….. Jazakallah hu khair
Answer
(Fatwa: 512/309/D=1432)
Keeping the name Hina Tabassum is also correct. However, it is far better if you choose any name from amongst the names of the holy wives or Sahabiyat i.e. Fatima al-Zahra, Maimuna, Umaima, Juwairiya, Ayesha Siddiqa, Umm Habiba, Safiya etc.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband