Names and naming
15 chapters
Names and naming is a section of al-Adhkar by Imam al-Nawawi. Its title is simply the book of names, and it sits after the section on marriage and before the one on miscellaneous remembrance. The Digital Tasbeeh app presents the entries of this section as separate articles, each shown with its source: al-Adhkar by Imam al-Nawawi, Shamela edition, edited by Arna'ut. This section holds 42 entries, which you browse in their order within the section. This text only introduces the section and does not reproduce its content. The whole section works offline, so you can open and read it anywhere and at any time.
- 1Naming a newborn6
- 2Naming a miscarried or stillborn child1
- 3Choosing a good name is recommended1
- 4The names most beloved to Allah3
- 5Congratulating someone and how to reply1
- 6The prohibition of disliked names3
- 7Calling a child or pupil by an ugly name to correct him2
- 8Addressing someone whose name you do not know2
- 9Not calling your father or teacher by his name9
- 10Shortening a name is allowed if its owner is not hurt2
- 11A nickname the person loves is allowed and recommended4
- 12A man's kunya after his eldest child1
- 13Kunya for one without children, and for a young person3
- 14The prohibition of taking the kunya Abu al-Qasim1
- 15Giving a kunya to a disbeliever or sinner who is known only by it3
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