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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Alphanumeric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:19 pm

Screw em. I'm going for some random Pacific Islander names :lol:

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Lillaahiya » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:20 pm

I thought you're not getting hitched? :lol: Look whose come full circle :D

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Alphanumeric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:21 pm

I've just had my heart broken. I'm not thinking straight :D

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Lillaahiya » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:25 pm

:lol: Your luuq was flooded by fixer-upers soma'aha? It was all part of an elaborate plan. I'm onto you!

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby grandpakhalif » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:26 pm

I will not make the same mistake as my parents, I hope to have my grandchildren fully arabized and hope to see it. I went countless nights sleepless and suffered severe insomnia due to my Somali name. I rue the day when my parents chose me with such a name as the curse of the Somali race has infringed upon me, until I found about kunyas (abu Fuulan I was at the brink of despair.

My male children will be named after the holy saudi family in succession:

Muhammad
Abdullah
Abduraman
Faisal
Khalid
Amr
Fahd
Saud

My female children, meh they don't m,atter I will let my wife(s) decide.

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Alphanumeric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:28 pm

:lol: Your luuq was flooded by fixer-upers soma'aha? It was all part of an elaborate plan. I'm onto you!
Fixer uppers? What? Lol. No, no plan. Reality just hit is all.

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Lillaahiya » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:51 pm

:lol: Your luuq was flooded by fixer-upers soma'aha? It was all part of an elaborate plan. I'm onto you!
Fixer uppers? What? Lol. No, no plan. Reality just hit is all.
Sure ;) Waan ku fahmey si fiican.

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Alphanumeric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:52 pm

Did you? Well I don't have a clue what you're saying :lol:

I don't think I ever really do lol.

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Lillaahiya » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:53 pm

Do you ever get tired of playing dumb?

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Alphanumeric » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:54 pm

It comes naturally to me :lol:

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Lillaahiya » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:02 pm

:lol: At least we agree on something :up:

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Enlightened~Sista » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:45 pm

Somali names aa? I have a thing for West Africanised names...

Mo-amma-douuuuuu :up:

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Hyperactive » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:51 pm

i will continue, as my family, to abuse Abdul.. and Ali, names .lol

im thinking the one my family never used: Abdulrahman, abdulraheen, abdulrasheed, abddulhaleem, abdulsabour,abdulmoti. all used. i cannot be creative wit abdul... any more!!

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Re: Arab names or Somali names?

Postby Mizz_Sland » Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:32 am

I don't know of such a thing as an "Islamic name". Names are judged by their meanings, not their references. There are some scholars who've said if you don't know the meaning of a name, you shouldn't use it to name a child, regardless of it's reference. Names like "Yasin", for one, has a meaning no one knows, but it's often used, especially by Somalis. Now, what are the meaning of Somali names? It seems the majority of them are simply adjectives, but those I'm most questionable about include references to "Waaq". Should they be as acceptable?

And what are names, anyway? Many Arabic names have varying origins.
Some scholars say it's disliked to use the names of surah such as YASIN. I dont like when somalis call themselves only by Abdi or Abdi followed by their surname e.g 'Abdi Hassan' Which means slave of Hassan subhan Allah.
Muslim (2132) narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The most beloved of your names to Allaah are ‘Abd-Allaah and ‘Abd al-Rahmaan.”

Oh and I dont get all this nonsense about we are not arabian so we should choose somali names :-@ :-@ . There are plenty of muslims name to choose from alhumdulillah.


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