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I adore Xiis, I can see myself naming that my daughter.

VeiledGarbasar wrote:I adore Xiis, I can see myself naming that my daughter.

I know a woman called Xiis; waay mid gaaban oo madax adag. Hadaad gabar dhashid Ladan ama Dhaqan u bixi. Haddii aad wiil dhashana Geedi ama Gacal.

Ladan sounds. Gacal aabihiisa ina la dhaho aa raba Geedi ii dheh.

Anywho, aa lugu arko, see you later.

VeiledGarbasar wrote:Ladan sounds. Gacal aabihiisa ina la dhaho aa raba Geedi ii dheh.

Anywho, aa lugu arko, see you later.

Geedi Gacal; that sounds good.

The only problem is that he might be teased and called Geedi Shamboow

I am changing my name to Gacal in the coming months

Lamagoodle

I support you 100% walaal.

Your opinions that you have shared are my exact same opinions.

You have to remember why these names are being lost in the first place. Take the people in this forum as an example.
People would rather choose a foreign name over a somali one.

I bet there is a far greater percentage of muslims with the name raage then muslims with the name abdullah.

What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so

as you guys stated before yahya is john and every christian is named john. The prophets didnt all speak arabic and had names that were common or not so common in the place where they were born and lived.

mcali wrote:Lamagoodle

I support you 100% walaal.

Your opinions that you have shared are my exact same opinions.

You have to remember why these names are being lost in the first place. Take the people in this forum as an example.
People would rather choose a foreign name over a somali one.

I bet there is a far greater percentage of muslims with the name raage then muslims with the name abdullah.

What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so

as you guys stated before yahya is john and every christian is named john. The prophets didnt all speak arabic and had names that were common or not so common in the place where they were born and lived.

That is exactly my point saaxib. Convince Hyper about that! and my nephew Alpha who sees wadaad bashing in whatever I write.

lama, if you couldnt convince me no one else can.lol

hey i smell qabilist nimo, how come alpha is your nephew?

hyperactive wrote:lama, if you couldnt convince me no one else can.lol

hey i smell qabilist nimo, how come alpha is your nephew?

you are also my nephew. I have several nephews in here.

horta did you grow up in mogadishu? cause that city beside harar has special place in my heart.

there where my dad grow up.

hyperactive wrote:horta did you grow up in mogadishu? cause that city beside harar has special place in my heart.

there where my dad grow up.

Xamar has a special place in my heart too. I was born in the NFD. I have lived in Xamar and I love it. I have never been to Harar. I was living in the same area of Xamar as Avicenna.

Lamgoodle wrote:

mcali wrote:Lamagoodle

I support you 100% walaal.

Your opinions that you have shared are my exact same opinions.

You have to remember why these names are being lost in the first place. Take the people in this forum as an example.
People would rather choose a foreign name over a somali one.

I bet there is a far greater percentage of muslims with the name raage then muslims with the name abdullah.

What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so

as you guys stated before yahya is john and every christian is named john. The prophets didnt all speak arabic and had names that were common or not so common in the place where they were born and lived.

That is exactly my point saaxib. Convince Hyper about that! and my nephew Alpha who sees wadaad bashing in whatever I write.

That might be impossible bro. Hyper might name all his kids some deep deep deep arabic names that nobody even uses anymore.

I one the other hand might mix and match. I already promised some people I'd name my child after them so aisha and abdahakim are set. After that I will name them some good somali (muslim) names.

mcali wrote:
What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so.

From what I can tell, the "Islamic" or "Muslim names" are those that refer service to Allah, which are found in the Qur'an or Sunnah - Abdurahim, Abdinasir, Amaaturrahman, etc. But the only thing that makes them "Muslim" are the suffixes, I think. If someone wanted to go by the name of "Servant to al-Wali", then that should be considered an "Islamic name" lol.

I think aside from those specific references, the meaning of the name is what's important. There is no such thing as an "Islamic name" before those references above (unless you want to go back to previous languages used by other Prophets, and names found in their Sunnah and revelations given to them, such as the equivalents to Mika-iil, Isra-iil, Isma'iil, Isra-fiil, etc, whose meanings and actual pronunciations may not be entirely known). If a name has a meaning that doesn't conflict with Islam, then its use shouldn't be scrutinized.

If someone wants to advocate for names based on cultural importance, then by all means. So long as the meaning doesn't conflict with the person's belief, it shouldn't be a problem.

PS. "Yahya" or the equivalent of the language he spoke, was an original name given by Allah that no other person received before him. So that name would be an "Islamic name", I guess.

Lamgoodle wrote:

hyperactive wrote:horta did you grow up in mogadishu? cause that city beside harar has special place in my heart.

there where my dad grow up.

Xamar has a special place in my heart too. I was born in the NFD. I have lived in Xamar and I love it. I have never been to Harar. I was living in the same area of Xamar as Avicenna.

i dont know the area name but where is the masjid sheikh ali suufi. harar is very nice place and there my grandpa spent with hertiisa before moving to mogadishu.

Alphanumeric wrote:

mcali wrote:
What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so.

From what I can tell, the "Islamic" or "Muslim names" are those that refer service to Allah, which are found in the Qur'an or Sunnah - Abdurahim, Abdinasir, Amaaturrahman, etc. But the only thing that makes them "Muslim" are the suffixes, I think. If someone wanted to go by the name of "Servant to al-Wali", then that should be considered an "Islamic name" lol.

I think aside from those specific references, the meaning of the name is what's important. There is no such thing as an "Islamic name" before those references above (unless you want to go back to previous languages used by other Prophets, and names found in their Sunnah and revelations given to them, such as the equivalents to Mika-iil, Isra-iil, Isma'iil, Isra-fiil, etc, whose meanings and actual pronunciations may not be entirely known). If a name has a meaning that doesn't conflict with Islam, then its use shouldn't be scrutinized.

If someone wants to advocate for names based on cultural importance, then by all means. So long as the meaning doesn't conflict with the person's belief, it shouldn't be a problem.

PS. "Yahya" or the equivalent of the language he spoke, was an original name given by Allah that no other person received before him. So that name would be an "Islamic name", I guess.

I agree with a lot of this and the bold part is hilarious. I know the name yahya was an original name given to no other before him but is that what exactly how his people pronounced his name. I dont think so.

Alphanumeric wrote:

mcali wrote:
What makes a name islamic does it have to be arabic? I don't believe so.

From what I can tell, the "Islamic" or "Muslim names" are those that refer service to Allah, which are found in the Qur'an or Sunnah - Abdurahim, Abdinasir, Amaaturrahman, etc. But the only thing that makes them "Muslim" are the suffixes, I think. If someone wanted to go by the name of "Servant to al-Wali", then that should be considered an "Islamic name" lol.

I think aside from those specific references, the meaning of the name is what's important. There is no such thing as an "Islamic name" before those references above (unless you want to go back to previous languages used by other Prophets, and names found in their Sunnah and revelations given to them, such as the equivalents to Mika-iil, Isra-iil, Isma'iil, Isra-fiil, etc, whose meanings and actual pronunciations may not be entirely known). If a name has a meaning that doesn't conflict with Islam, then its use shouldn't be scrutinized.

If someone wants to advocate for names based on cultural importance, then by all means. So long as the meaning doesn't conflict with the person's belief, it shouldn't be a problem.

PS. "Yahya" or the equivalent of the language he spoke, was an original name given by Allah that no other person received before him. So that name would be an "Islamic name", I guess.

So, how comes we have bishop Abdullah? Bishop Abdusalam? Bishop Yasin?

I think you are confusing semitic names with islamic names. You will never find Mohamed or Ahmed in any other religion other than islam. Only those two names and a few others are islamic. All others names have semitic connotations and used by arabs, jews, gentiles etc.


Hyper, Misaajidka sheikh Cali Suufi was located at the jida shaqaalaha/ummada junction. Hodan near Casa di populare. A middle class area. That mosque herald the end of the Siad Barre regime. It was here that the first demonstration against the regime was organised. There is a book called Xeebta Geerida (the shores of death) written by a friend of mine called Shirwac which details this event.