Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 9 Sep 2021

1.   Short Bayan on different topics: 5 minutes

2.   Memorising Du’a: 5 minutes

3.   Fikr-e-Madinah: 5 minutes

4.   Total duration: 15 minutes

The remaining etiquettes of keeping names

*   Keeping names such as Abd-ul-Mustafa, Abd-un-Nabi, and Abd-ur-Rasool are completely permissible, as the goal behind doing so is to attain the honour of being connected (to the Beloved Prophet       صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم). There are two meanings of ‘Abd’: slave and servant, as such, there is no issue in keeping these names. To keep names such as Ghulam Muhammad, Ghulam Siddeeq, Ghulam Farooq, Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Husain, and such names in which Ghulam is being linked to the Prophets and the pious, is totally permissible. (Derived from, Bahr-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, p. 213)

*   Muhammad Bakhsh, Ahmad Bakhsh, Peer Bakhsh and other names like this where the name of a Prophet or saint is written alongside the word Bakhsh, is totally permissible (In reality, the one who truly gives is only Allah Almighty. He grants the authority to give, to whomever He wills. Only with the will of Allah Almighty can any of the Prophets or saints give anything). (Bahr-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, p. 213)

*   Taha and Ya-seen should not be kept as names, as they are from the Muqatta’at letters whose meaning is not known by us. (Bahr-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, p. 213)

*   Those names which are bad should be changed and good names kept instead. (Bahr-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, p. 213)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد