Peacefullife: Bearing muslim names does not mean you are losing your identity to arabs. it means you are a proud muslim.

However, there are some names you will bear that are Haram in Islam. For instance, the name Ifatobi or Ogunshomi which promotes that other deities are supreme are completely Haram and muslims should not bear them.

Mind you, the Prophet (SAW) said the best of names are Abdul......


My advice

maclatunji:

Got you didn't I.

maclatunji: According to OP's logic, [b]Barack[/b] Hussein Obama is an Arab or an Arab Stooge. He definitely cannot be an American. Donald Trump will be so glad when he reads this. He has a great disciple in Justaqad.

justaqad:

now you are getting the message, HUSSEIN is his second name. he is american, so he is repping his race.

tintingz: na every thread you dey like

I guess by your logic, Herbert Macaulay and Henry Carr stopped being Yoruba men because of their English names.

Pearlsome: Justaqad peace be upon you for bringing this all important subject to the fore.

I am a Muslim and I am always worried to see our God given culture/heritage out of which comes our names been relegated for a foreign Arabic one.
The truth is as simple as you put it. Our Yoruba names should be first and any other names should be classified as (other) whether you're Muslim or Christian. Islam is a religion. Simple! And the core of it is to make us realize the existence of a supreme being and to worship him and not to do that by identify but by the purity of our hearts and truthfulness to his worship. It wouldn't be a problem if only few Muslims would bear their Islamic identities but the rate is alarming, virtually 70% of Muslims do it and that can be threatening to the future of our culture and heritage.

Don't mind all those nonsensical and irrational justifications up there.
Our ethnic, cultural names should be our first call. As long as an Arab will not be Akinwale or Oluwatunmishe as their first name.
Why should we in an increasing number be Mohammedul Khaled. Abdul Basit. Al Gafur, etc.

justaqad:

now that's an entirely different aspect.if i should learn arabic is solely for worship purpose,nothing more.

tintingz: One igbo woman asked of my name and i told her my muslim name. . . . .the next she says was ''are you from kwara state''

*in mind* No...am from south korea

justaqad: Asalam Alaykum.

Islam is a religion not just to he Arabs but to the whole world,Simply by saying 'there is no god apart from God.

شَهِدَ اللّهُ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَأُوْلُواْ الْعِلْمِ قَآئِمَاً بِالْقِسْطِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

God bears witness that there is no other god besides Him, and so do the angels and those who possess knowledge."(Verse 3:18)

there is a trend among Muslims which i find not just disturbing but wrong.muslims are submitters to the will of Allah not to the will of Arabs.
we are loosing our identity to the Arabs.the essence of naming is for Identity.when i hear the name Chidi,i know he is Igbo by tribe.but it would be difficult to tell whether Gafar that resides in Oshodi is yoruba,igbo,hausa or Arab.
i fear we are loosing our cultural heritage to the Arabs.i beg to differ there is no such thing as Islamic name.i am not saying Arabic names are bad,but we ought not loose our identity.
i grew up with an Arabic name as my first name,whenever i say my first name,people start asking are you Hausa?it will take me me some seconds to introduce my self.i have since adopted my tribal name as my first,arabic second.
i am proud of my race,i am proud to be called Yoruba.i am not loosing it,not for anything.

Masalam

hadbak:

I don't want to agree wit u on d bases that if u bear Abubakar u are seen as an arab, If u say a muslim I agree. No doubt d name may have an arab origin nevertheless, Arabic is the language of d Quran n d messenger, so if u bear an arabic name ur simply identifying as a muslim n not an arab. Its not a coincidence/mistake that d quran is in d arabic language but of Allah's desires. This is how u as a muslim shld see it rather than saying ur losing ur identity by ur name sounding arabic in nature while ur not an arab. Ur identity as a muslim shld be more important/shld superceed any identity. God creater us all into various tribes n nation but stil choose Arabic language for His religion... don't u think if He desire He could have made us into one nation/tribe? Its a blessing to the arabs for Allah to esteem Arabic language by making it d Quran language, so don't hold it against them.. If the quran language hadn't been arabic n yet d quran came from the arabs then, I wil have a problem if u bear an arab name(abubakar) else I dnt see y u shld stress ur nerves..

tintingz: One igbo woman asked of my name and i told her my muslim name. . . . .the next she says was ''are you from kwara state''

*in mind* No...am from south korea

Confused ibo woman maybe na only kwara dey bear muslim name among the yorubas . . . . .i use both my muslim name and yoruba name, what is disturbing bearing an arab name it doesnt makes you an arab anyway

Op go and ask bankole willington a.k.a banky w why him papa still dey bear wilington Or ask bukky wright

hadbak: fine! If u learn Arabic for worship purpose dat means d lang must be IMPORTANT to u. Y can't u worship in ur own lang? Is it bcus ur lang is not important in worship? No! God choose arabic for His religion n He alone knows y n dts it. I want u to understand dat arabic is an islamic lang(permit me to say) n not just an arab thing. Stop beefing d arabs. U shld be proud n happy to bear an arabic name which is better n safer for u so long as d name is not evil or meaningless...

hadbak: fine! If u learn Arabic for worship purpose dat means d lang must be IMPORTANT to u. Y can't u worship in ur own lang? Is it bcus ur lang is not important in worship? No! God choose arabic for His religion n He alone knows y n dts it. I want u to understand dat arabic is an islamic lang(permit me to say) n not just an arab thing. Stop beefing d arabs. U shld be proud n happy to bear an arabic name which is better n safer for u so long as d name is not evil or meaningless...

Umamman1: justacad am sorry to say but you don't really know what you are saying.you can change your name to Ojukwu'its its all your choice but, I strongly advice you wake up. There nothing like Arab name.Go and learn more adeen.

*standing ovation*

bukatyne: The OP never said Arabic names are bad; He said they should be middle names and not first names.

aribisala0:
So because someone is different from YOU,THE GREAT YOU, in how they see the world or react to events they are "INSECURE"

Look at your post and see how many times you refer to YOURSELF. This thread is NOT about YOU

I see nothing insecure in what he posted but a lot of that in YOU!! Your first words are direct and disrespectful clearly indicating a lack of self respect and disregard for others. you are the one with BIG ISSUES

Bélla3: Any thread wey sweet me

HIV1: The guy juataqad is an empty brain .A slowpoke. I doubt if you are a Muslim. Muslim bears arabic names the same reason Christians bear Paul, Joseph etc. Or you wan tell me Paul na Yoruba name. All those names originated from the middle east. Muslims cannot bear Esubiyi because we are not idol worshipers.

justaqad:
clearly the name i used as reference is not praising devil.i understand it is makrooh to bear names that have undesirable meanings.it doesnt mean there are no name that have desirable meaning in yoruba..

justaqad:

i wont give them the chance to refer to me as arab.besides i dont look like one. i dont want to look like one.i am so proud of my heritage.
i have got igbo blood running in me, so to say i am (hybrid)lol......
you sure embarrass me whenever you hit the keyboard. you think you know it all abi?smh



do you want to know what i have been taking? i have been inhaling consciousness and tolerance. i cant over-ride my heritage not for anything.
logicboi or pagan9ja,i admire their zeal though they are yet to see and embrace the truth.or you want me to act like you that segregate from people because of belief? you see one of my rich cultural heritage,we value tolerance.

Someone makes his point maturedly and sensibly, the other makes his without reference at least. Nl and Dramas.




you need to reclaim your school fees from whomever you payed to.



and if patience Jonathan uttered this gibberish,Nigerians would want to crucify her.lol

for your information i am a conscious muslim.