Wednesday 3 Jumada al-akhirah 1446 - 4 December 2024
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Woman taking her husband’s surname after marriage

Question

i was just browsing this site and I came across ur answer to the question 2537 which deals with changing surnames of womens.. as u said it is haram... can u plz gimme a refrence from quran on that or a hadith if possilbe..?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

It seems that what is meant in the question is a woman changing her family name to that of her husband after she gets married. This is haram and is not allowed in sharee’ah, because it is not permissible for anyone to claim to belong to anyone other than his or her father. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allah…” [al-Ahzaab 33:5]. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah has cursed the one who claims to belong to someone other than his father.”(Reported by Imam Ahmad and others).

And Allah knows best.

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Source: Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid