Naming one’s child “Khalid bin Waleed”

QUESTION:

Can a person name their child “Khalid bin Waleed”, without removing “bin Waleed”?

ANSWER:

No, it is incorrect to name one’s son with “bin Waleed” attached to the name “Khalid”, as the child should be attributed to his biological father. “bin Waleed” means “son of Waleed”. Yes, if the father’s name is also Waleed, then you may keep his name “Khalid bin Waleed”.

عن أبي ذر رضي الله عنه مرفوعًا: ليس من رجل ادَّعَى لغير أبيه وهو يعلمه إلا كفر ، ومن ادعى ما ليس له، فليس منا وَلَيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ من النار، ومن دعا رجلا بالكفر، أو قال: عدو الله، وليس كذلك، إلا حَارَ عليه).صحيح البخاري #3508)

Hadrat Abu Dharr Radiallahu Anhu reported that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said: “A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us, and he should make his abode in Hell. And he who labels anyone as disbeliever or calls him the enemy of Allah while he is in fact not so, it will revert (fall back on) to him.”

ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!

ANSWERED BY:

Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani

Date: 07 Muharram 1447 / 03 July 2025

CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:

Mufti Yacoob Vally Saheb