We usually change our names due to the fact the names usually given are Christian names which usually have no meaning. A name should be something that reminds you or you have to live up to. My father gave all of us Islamic names and also a name from our family. I have my mother's father name a my middle name.
Abdur Rahman sounds better to me than Bob or Robert. In most cases the names given to our families were names of Slave masters and not our own. Abdur Rahman is a name that reminds me of who my creator is, I am sorry but Bob does not. My families original name was Towns whose family were big Slave owners and politicians where my family is from in the America. So to me it has no significance besides being the name of people who oppressed my ancestors.
What would you do if the British had made you guys change your names would you change it back to an Islamic name or leave alone? If your parents named you Emily which has no significance to Islam instead of the beautiful name of Aisha. To many Muslims around the world converts and born Muslims these names are Islamic names not Arab names. Even though I have had to constantly tell people in America how to pronounce my name correctly. I always like explaining to them what it means .... i.e Dawa to Allah SWT and more reward for me. The chance I would never get if my father named me Bob Johnson or if Cassius Clay did not become Muhammad Ali.
We usually change our names due to the fact the names usually given are Christian names which usually have no meaning. A name should be something that reminds you or you have to live up to. My father gave all of us Islamic names and also a name from our family. I have my mother's father name a my middle name.
Abdur Rahman sounds better to me than Bob or Robert. In most cases the names given to our families were names of Slave masters and not our own. Abdur Rahman is a name that reminds me of who my creator is, I am sorry but Bob does not. My families original name was Towns whose family were big Slave owners and politicians where my family is from in the America. So to me it has no significance besides being the name of people who oppressed my ancestors.
What would you do if the British had made you guys change your names would you change it back to an Islamic name or leave alone? If your parents named you Emily which has no significance to Islam instead of the beautiful name of Aisha. To many Muslims around the world converts and born Muslims these names are Islamic names not Arab names. Even though I have had to constantly tell people in America how to pronounce my name correctly. I always like explaining to them what it means .... i.e Dawa to Allah SWT and more reward for me. The chance I would never get if my father named me Bob Johnson or if Cassius Clay did not become Muhammad Ali.
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