Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

expressed so well. Its translation is:
Hadrat Muhammad ‘’alaihi-s-salâm’, who was born in Arabia,
Is the highest of mankind in both worlds!
May he who will not become earth at his door
Remain under the earth all the time!
May our salâms be to the highest and the most superior of
Prophets ‘’alâ nabiyyinâ wa ’alaihimussalawâtu wa-t-teslîmât’
To my astonishment, I have heard that one of the poets who
had been honoured with your valuable tawajjuh adopted a
disbeliever’s name as his surname. Moreover, he is one of the
Sayyids, one of those great people whom we are to love. I wish I
had not heard about this. I wonder why he accepted this base
name? I can never see why he should. It is necessary to beware of
accepting such names more than bewaring of dreadful lions. Such
names should be deemed uglier than anything ugly. For these
names and their owners are the enemies of Allâhu ta’âlâ. They
are His Prophet’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ enemies. Muslims
have been commanded to deem all disbelievers as enemies
[whether they be Christians or Jews or disbelievers without a
book]. It is wâjib for every Muslim not to give such dirty names to
his children. Tell him on my behalf to change that name! Let him
replace it with a name that is better and which becomes a Muslim!
What suits a Muslim is to accept a Muslim name. It is this only
which Allâhu ta’âlâ likes, which His Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi
wa sallam’ likes, and which is suitable for the position of a person
who has been honoured with being in the Islamic religion.
[Abu Dâwûd and Ibni Habbân state that Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ declared: “On the Day of Rising you will
be called with your names and with the names of your fathers.
Therefore, accept beautiful names!” As Tirmuzî states, Hadrat
’Âisha ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhâ’ said that Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
’alaihi wa sallam’ used to change ugly names.]
Tirmuzî and Ibni Mâja ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaihimâ’ state:
’Abdullah bin ’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’ said that the name
of one of Hadrat ’Umar’s daughters was ’Âsiya (meaning
rebellious). Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ changed it.
He replaced it with Jamîla. Also, Abû Dâwûd reported that he
replaced the names of many another men, places and streets with
those names suitable for Muslims. Muslims have been
commanded: “Keep away from places that will cause you to be
under suspicion!” It is every Muslim’s duty to avoid accepting
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