Please can you tell me if it is permissible to name a child ‘jibreel’ and why this name is controversial? I have grown very fond of the name and believe it fits the narrative of names of previous children and am eager to keep it but worry people may make issue with it.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The Majority of the Scholars are of the opinion that it is permissible to name a person after an angel. The controversy is due to Imam Malik Rahmatullahi Alaihi’s view that it is makruh (disliked) to keep names of the angels.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
Student Darul Iftaa
Limbe, Malawi
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
Jamiatul Ulama KZN Council of Muslim Theologians
