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are you allowed to change your name

Last updated: 27th April 2005
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salaam my name that is on my birth certificate is one that no one calls me by, evryone i know (family + friends) call me by another name, im at university, and registred with the name that evryone calls me by, but i now have to change my name at universoty to what it is on my birth certificate, is it permissible to change my name on major documents (i.e passport etc).


Bismihi Ta'ala

The name that is on your birth certificate is probably your real name. The name you are called by at home is probably out of love or a nickname, but not your official name. There is no Shar'ee harm in changing the names on all other documents to the official name.

And Allah knows best.
Mufti
Answer last updated on:
15th May 2005
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Ulamaa ID 01
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Mufti Yaseen Shaikh