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Changing the name of the girl one wishes to marry

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Q: A man wants to change whole name of a woman he wants to marry because he does not like her name. Is it legal in Islam to change the whole name of a woman before nikah and write a new name on the nikaah papers?

Bismillaah

A: If the name is unpleasant there is no harm in changing the name, not the surname or the family name.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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