Taking a family name other than that of one’s father (or attributing oneself to someone other than one’s father)
Question A woman before becoming Muslim changed her last name from her family name to her husband’s. Now that she is Muslim, she is no longer married to that man. Also, she would like to formally change her name to a Muslim name to affirm her Islamic identity. She would like to also change her…
Question
A woman before becoming Muslim changed her last name from her family name to her husband’s. Now that she is Muslim, she is no longer married to that man. Also, she would like to formally change her name to a Muslim name to affirm her Islamic identity. She would like to also change her last name back to her family name, however, she would like to adopt her mother’s maiden name (maternal grand-father’s name) instead of her father’s name, since there is some conflict between them, and that she said he did not have much to do with her upbringing. Is it permissible for her to take her mother’s maiden name?
Praise be to Allah.
