1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

7 Questions

My name is Ibrahim but I am mostly called Ibby. Is it permissible to shorten my name in this way given that Ibrahim is the name of a Prophet?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Ibrahim is a noble name of a great prophet mentioned in Quran with salutation from Allah on him and his progeny سلام على ابراهيم، , but Ibby is a nick name which is completely different and has nothing from the blessings of the name of Ibrahim. This habit of nick names is in many cultures, but we should not give up the blessings of blessed names and use nick names which has no blessed meaning.

We don't say that it is Haraam to use a nick name, but it will deprive you from the blessing of the real name of the prophet. Same as those who leave using the name Mohammad and use Mo, and those who leave the name Mustafa and use Muss or Moss , etc. This practice should not be encouraged among Muslims.

It should be also mentioned that same nick names are used non Muslims, which means that your Muslim identity which comes from name, and other reasons, is given up if you leave using your real blessed name.

Wassalam.
In South Africa there are some misinformed Christians who boycott Halal meat thinking it has been slaughtered in the name of a foreign god. To counter this situation can we say "In the name of the God of Prophet Ibrahim" instead of "In the name of Allah"?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes we can say that because the God of Prophet Ibrahim is none but Allah.

Wassalam.
Do Jewish people believe that Prophet Ibrahim (as) sacrificed his son Prophet Ismael (as) for Allah (swt)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Most of the Jewish people are negative against Ismail and focus on Isaac being their great grand father. They deny the fact of sacrifice of Ibrahim by his son Ismail and claim that it was by his son Isaac.

There are few Jewish scholars who believe in the sacrifice of Ismail, but majority of Jewish available literature claim that it was Isaac not Ismail.

Dr John T. Noble from Harvard University wrote a book on Ismail through a research in the Old Testaments, published in 2016,  in which he confirmed the status of Ismail against what most of Jewish people claim.

Wassalam.