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‘This is why I named all my sons and nephews as Muhammad only, at the instant of their ‘Aqīqaĥ[1] then later on, for the sake of care and respect of this sacred name along with the purpose of identification of these children I assigned them different names to be called with. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ I still possess five live Muhammads while more than five have passed away. (An extract from Fatāwā Razaviyyaĥ, pp. 689, vol. 24)
The name of Ḥujjat-ul-Islam Shaykh Sayyidunā Imām Abū Ḥamīd Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الۡـوَالِی i.e. his own name, his father’s name and his grandfather’s name were all Muhammad, that is he was ‘Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad.’
· A ritual for conceiving a boy: Imām ‘Aṭā رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, the respected teacher of Imām Abū Ḥanīfaĥ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, who was a Tābi’ī has stated, ‘Anyone who wishes that his wife conceive a boy, he should place his hand on the belly of the (pregnant) woman and pledge, ‘If it is boy then I named him Muhammad’, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ a son will definitely be born.’ (Fatāwā Razaviyyaĥ, pp. 690, vol. 24)
· Nowadays there is a common problem of calling the people with distorted names. Distorting the dear name Muhammad is highly distressful. Therefore, every male may be named Muhammad or Aḥmad but for common
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