[ClaudeMarkus]

I know it is one of the beautiful Archangels names but I was was just wondering as it is a very beautiful name, I'm 16 ()so have no intention of having kids righht know. I was just wondering if it is permissab le or not.


Jazzakhuallah Khair in advance.

[Olympicdreams]

I don't think there is anything wrong but names do have an effect on the person. So one should consider this before adopting any name.
Allahualam

[pitoufsd]

In Malaysia, there are a lot of people with the name Ridwan which is also the name of the angel looking after the jannah (heaven)
8^)

[ClaudeMarkus]

In Malaysia, there are a lot of people with the name Ridwan which is also the name of the angel looking after the jannah (heaven)
8^)

Really? Never knew to be honest and that is also a very beautiful name.

[ClaudeMarkus]

I don't think there is anything wrong but names do have an effect on the person. So one should consider this before adopting any name.
Allahualam

If one was to name him 'Mikail' what kind of effect lol, I'm only 16 put best to know these things first. Jazzakhallah Khair brother.

[Kayacterype]

Shaykh Faraz Rabbani: It is permitted without dislike to give children the names of any of the angels or prophets. There is nothing established to prohibit this, nor is there any legal reason that would entail dislikedness or prohibition. This is the position of the Hanafi school and also of the majority of Islamic scholarship. [ref: Tahawi, Sharh Ma`ani al-Aathar; Ibn Hajar, Tuhftat al-Muhtaj Sharh al-Minhaj; al-Mawsu`a al-Fiqhiyya]

قال الإمام الطحاوي في شرح معاني الآثار:

فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ , لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَتَسَمَّوْا بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ , وَكَذَلِكَ سَائِرُ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ عليهم السلام

قال الإمام ابن حجر في التحفة:

وَلَا تُكْرَهُ التَّسْمِيَةُ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْأَنْبِيَاءِ

في الموسوعة الفقهية:

: التَّسْمِيَةُ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ 13 - ذَهَبَ أَكْثَرُ الْعُلَمَاءِ إلَى أَنَّ التَّسْمِيَةَ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ كَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ لَا تُكْرَهُ . وَذَهَبَ مَالِكٌ إلَى كَرَاهَةِ التَّسْمِيَةِ بِذَلِكَ , قَالَ أَشْهَبُ : سُئِلَ مَالِكٌ عَنْ التَّسَمِّي بِجِبْرِيلَ , فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يُعْجِبْهُ . وَقَالَ الْقَاضِي عِيَاضٌ : قَدْ اسْتَظْهَرَ بَعْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ التَّسَمِّيَ بِأَسْمَاءِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ , وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ , وَأَبَاحَ ذَلِكَ غَيْرُهُ .

On the other hand, Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid: Ibn ul-Qayyim said in his book "Tuhfat il-Mawdood fi Ahkaam il-Mawlood" in the second chapter under "What is preferred among the names and what is considered reprehensible among them" said:

... and among them are the names of the angels such as Gibraa'eel and Meekaa'eel and Israafeel, it is makrooh to name human beings with these names. Ash'had said: Imam Maalik (may Allah have mercy upon him) was asked regarding naming someone the name Gibreel he abhorred it and it didn't please him; Judge 'ayaad said: "... and others allowed it." Abdul-Razzak said in al-Jaami' via Ma'mar: "I said to Hammaad ibn Abi Sulaiman what would you say regarding a man whose name is Gibreel or Mikaa'eel, and he responded, 'There is no objection.' (laa ba's bi-hi)"

Regarding the hadeeth:

"laa tusammow bi-asmaa' il-malaa'ikah" ("don't name yourselves with the names of the angels"),

al-Bukhari has said that the validity of its chain of narration is questionable. This means that the hadith would not be considered sahih. ("Tuhfat il-Mawdood," p. 83)

In al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyya most of the scholars have ruled that using the names of the angels like Gibreel and Mikaa'eel is not makrooh (disagreeable or reprehensible). Maalik, on the other hand, has ruled that it is makrooh. (al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyya, al-Kuwait, Vol 11/p.334)

Some have stated that the meaning of Gibreel is Abdullah and likewise Mikaa'eel. See Tafseer Ibn Katheer under aayaat numbers 97-98 in Surat il-Baqarah.

Thus, based on what has been presented, it is preferable not to use the names of the angels, and that we follow the rightly-guided forefathers in the naming of our children and in the naming of those who accept Islam among the non-believers. The most preferred names, no doubt, are Abdullah and Abdul-Rahman as has been related in the sound hadeeth. wallahu a'lam. And Allah knows best.