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Is it permissible to name one’s daughter Firdaws or Jannah?

Question: 146905

In sha Allah, I am expecting a baby girl and I want to call her Firdaws. But before I give her this name, I want to find out the ruling on calling a daughter Firdaws or Jannah.

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. To proceed:

The basic principle with regard to naming children is that it is permissible to give any name so long as it is not forbidden in sharee‘ah. 

It says in al-Mawsoo‘ah al-Fiqhiyyah (11/331): 

The basic principle is that it is permissible to give any name except that which it is narrated is forbidden. End quote. 

There is no evidence – as far as we know – that calling a girl Firdaws or Jannah is not allowed. So there is nothing wrong with using these names. 

These are names that carry good and beautiful meanings. 

Firdaws in Arabic refers to a garden in which all kinds of plants grow, and Jannah is a garden in which there are palm trees and other kinds of trees. 

See: al-Qamoos al-Muheet, p. 725, 1532; Tahdheeb al-Lughah by al-Azhari, 13/104, 105. 

And Allah knows best.

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