Naming and Calling Spiritually and Personally 23

In the name of Allah, most gracious and merciful

Assalamu Alaikkum,

Naming new born babies is very important aspect which determines the future of the babies.

Naming a person is to call an individual (not the external form-body but the internally thinking and soul natured person) by name which should be meaningful because the names are psychologically affecting individuals either positive or negative.

Whenever we remember a person's name and call him/her name, he/she is happy.  It’s our responsibility to introduce ourselves with our correct names, and explain how they can pronounce the names correctly.

All of us have been observing in our place calling people by bad names or twisted names which are really affecting them negatively. It’s actually originated as a fun calling, due the course it’s becoming permanent. We need more awareness about this calling by bad names.  Parents and educational institutes have responsibilities to focus on this point, similarly disciplining children in other moral values, and good characters.

Nowadays because of education in the current generation, people are opting for even difficult to pronounce names from Arabic or Farsi even.  Pronouncing a name is very important. Pronouncing Arabic language words (names) are sensitive to even slight variation. Some people argue that pronouncing is not that much important, may be in informal ways.  As educated personnel we need to follow correct pronunciation everywhere.  By unawareness, mistake incorrect pronunciation could be accepted, but deliberately pronouncing wrong way is not acceptable.  Our way of speaking observed by others would give right or wrong impression about us. Sometimes just for nice sound people select wrong meaning names.

محمد should be pronounced as 'Muhammed' instead of Mohamed

احمد should be pronounced as 'Ahmed' instead of Ahamed

People generally call others by names, which are the identities.

Almighty Allah has 99 names which are unique attributes of God Almighty no other religion has such amazing well defined unique attribute names to The God.

Family names are also linked with the people's name in Arab communties, Malalayalam communities and of course in Adirampattinam.  A father in Arab communities called by first son’s name by prepending the word ‘Abu’.  Accordingly I am Abu Ahamed Mubarak(Father of Ahamed Mubarak), called by Arabic colleagues and Arabic friends.

The scholars are recommending to use full form in the religious words, without implied short forms.

Since we are able to type in using computers, pdas, smart phones, we must be comfortable in writing in full form.  Just few strokes extra towards desirable things for giving religious importance.

Allah Subuhanh Wathaalah instead of (SWT)

Assalamu Alaikkum instead  of salam.

Assalamu Alaikkum Warahmathullah instead of Assalamu Alaikkum (Warah)

Assalamu Alaikkum Warahmathullahi Wa Barakathuhu instead of Assalamu Alaikkum (Warah)

Prophet Muhammed Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam  instead of Muhammed(Sal)

Whenever we read the short form written we usually not pronouncing the full form. So no real use writing in short form.

Even in the case of SMS we can write in full form for the sake of keeping  genuineness or holiness of our ‘Deen’ let’s spend few extra cents for typing in full forms. There are billions are spent for religious causes.

I think calling the names personally, and using spiritually important words in full form are possible only by more awareness, more maturity of individuals and communities by right education. Shall we become more responsible and careful in naming and calling, InshaAllah?

B. Ahamed Ameen

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