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Male names mahad etc

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_ We are expecting a baby soon inshAllah. Can you please check and confirm if I can name my baby boy as “Mahad”, this is one the 99 names of prophet S.A.W. Also, if this name isn’t right then we have some other names in mind as below so please advise:

Abdul Basit
Abdul Muheeb
Abdul Hadi
Mohammad Bilal
Mohammad Ali

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

_ “Mahad” was not a name of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).

“Mahd” (مَهْدٍ)is a suitable Arabic name. It means the guided one. “Mahd” is the same as “Mahdi”. Some people claim that “Mahd” was a name of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). However, we could not find a mention of it in the books of hadith.

Abdul Baasit  (عبد الباسط), Abdul Haadi (عبد الهادي), Muhammad Bilal (محمد بلال) and Muhammad Ali (محمد علي)are valid Islamic names. Abdul Muheeb is not correct. Abdul Mujeeb (عبد المجيب), however, is correct.

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
21/12/2011

This answer was collected from Fatwa.org.au, which is connected to Darul Ifta Australia, based in Melbourne, Australia.
It is operated by Mufti Faizal Riza, a student of Mufti Ebrahim Desai from South Africa.

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