# What should I think about when choosing a name for my child? *Choosing names for your children with care* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fiq59zcj9ku/s/1/ - Date: 2019-11-06 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Inappropriate Names | Mufti Abu Layth (0:03–4:34) - Status: general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiq59Zcj9KU&t=3s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fiq59zcj9ku/ **Topics:** Raising children **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth says parents should think carefully about the names they give their children, especially names that will be mocked in the West. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says people need to pay attention to the names that they choose for their children. **Evidence, his words at 0:42:** “you know that's an interesting discussion folks people need to pay attention to the names that they choose for their children” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiq59Zcj9KU&t=42s) ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth jokes that his own parents made up his name, then says people need to pay attention to the names they choose for their children. Mufti gives examples of Arabic names that sound like crude English words when spelled or pronounced in the West, saying parents set a child up for mockery by choosing them. Mufti says these things need to be thought through. Mufti closes with a story from a village in Pakistan where he met a man whose name meant 'murdered'. ## Transcript (machine tier, 0:03–4:34) [0:02] what I'm saying my parents butchered my name well team they definitely did they just made up the name they just go what should we call him you know shall we go with the traditional name that exists I don't know names Abdul Rahman here we go with Mohammed should we go with the slicker name like I don't know something Salim Samir I don't know they're trying to Waseem they go on ah forget it just make one up [0:42] welcome we're gonna whack him anyway so [Laughter] you know that's an interesting discussion folks people need to pay attention to the names that they choose for their children I mean having a name like like let's say [1:09] having a name like anis in in the West spelt Amos I've actually seen that I'm not I'm not making this up people you know I passed me buh-buh-bah have I ever lied before that I would like today this is least I've seen the name anus I thought what anus idea what what is this they've had the name seriously now why [1:49] are you totally why are you setting that person up for what is this like a kind of euthanasia longitudinal assisted suicide Amos I mean you've got the you've got the Arabic name are us I mean with all due respect you do not want to name your child living in the West us because they're gonna go like us I mean they're not gonna say with a name [2:27] let's be real people they're not gonna go oh they're gonna just say us like what kind of oh and then you give them the first name [ __ ] her [ __ ] her [ __ ] her what rather this is this is why we need to think these things through we need to kind of like focus yeah you know the problem is nobody reads the Quran it [3:03] says a fella taka-kun use the acha you know this one this are you say mr. [ __ ] mr. [ __ ] no [ __ ] ass no these are not nice you know this one big problem [Laughter] so so bottle bottle bah people need to think these things through people they need to kind of focus okay [3:39] so yeah I was in Pakistan once and I mean I was in Pakistan for a period of time but this one time I came across somebody in a village and his name was mocked all which meant murdered I thought what I thought maybe his name is moon or something and I've misheard it so I said this is my bully said no no [4:13] mock tool I thought were they hinting something was this was it a threat when you're born and tamaak tall anyway ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment Fiq59Zcj9KU/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/fiq59zcj9ku/s/1/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. Ask a qualified scholar about your own situation.