Re: Ladies, how many of you changed your name after marriage?
I have done enough research and my research is not only limited to Internet sources where there is a plethora of unreliable information. These so called scholars on Internet websites can make whatever claims they want and gullible people blindly end up following that advice. Why don’t you ask the real Alims of Islam who actually have spend decades studying Islam and are truly experts in their field? Muslim converts change their name all the time. Do you think Yusuf Islam is denying his lineage? Do you think Hamza Yusuf is denying his lineage??? So all these great scholars who have spent years studying Islam are doing something haram? And no, nowhere does it say in Islam to change your name to a Muslim one when you convert so that argument won’t go very well here.
I also know a very basic thing about Islam…don’t claim something is haram unless Islam has explicitly told you to do so in the Quran or Hadith. That is actually a very immoral thing to do. Islam has clearly stated what is forbidden and for everything else, it has told us to use our common sense, something our desi community greatly lacks. Whatever Hadiths and Quranic verses you quoted have absolutely nothing to do with a last name. As I said, people have last names that honestly have nothing to do with their father’s lineage. Denying your lineage and changing your last name are two VERY different things. Your name doesn’t prove lineage! If it did, all the Khans, Ahmeds, etc. would be from the same place and family yet they’re not.
I really hope people stop making trivial things a matter of halal and haram and actually focus on the true spirit of Islam. This makes a mockery of our religion.