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Topic: Naming a Child Ruqaim or Raqim

(No-66051)

Q Mufti Sahib, is it permissible to name someone Raqim? Please provide guidance.

a"Ruqaim" (رُقَیْم, with a damma on ر and a fatha on ق) means markings, signs, or adornments. This was the name of a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ, so using this name is permissible. "Raqim" (رَقِیْم, with a fatha on ر and a kasra on ق) means a written text, a book, or it refers to the town of the Ashab al-Kahf, or their mountain, or the tablet on which the names, lineage, religion, and place of origin of the Ashab al-Kahf were recorded. Given this meaning, although naming someone Raqim is permissible, it is better to choose instead a name from among the names of the Prophets (peace be upon them) or the Sahabah (may Allah be pleased with them all). Allah the Almighty knows best. Darul Ifta Al-Ikhlas, Karachi.


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