Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Civil Affairs Authority in Saudi Arabia prohibits registering name 'Malak'
The Ministry of Interior's Agency for Civil Affairs in Saudi Arabia confirmed that it is not permissible to register the name of newborns as "Malak (ملاك)", the name meaning comes as 'Angel' and 'Slave of Prophet (Abd Rasul)'.
As there is a Sharia fatwa prohibiting it, in response to a question received by the Civil Affairs via Twitter regarding "the extent of the possibility of naming the name can be named." Most Viewed : Top 10 names of Boys and Girls that mostly registered in Saudi Arabia in the year 1441 H
- The Agency also said names like 'Mohammed Saleh' and 'Mohammed Mustafa' are not allowed for registration, As it is composed of 2 words, cannot function as one first name as per Saudi law.
- The Authority restates the rules for registering names, the most important of which is the possibility of registering the name known as 'Al', in the names known to the Arabs in the past, such as "Al-Baraa, Al-Anoud, Al-Jawhara, Al-Waleed", and the registration of the name without titles "such as Mr."
- The Authority also reiterated the reminder not to record additional expressions in the name field "such as known as this." and not to allow the registration of compound names "such as Muhammad Saleh or Muhammad Mustafa", while prohibiting the registration of names contrary to Islamic law. Read : Procedure to get birth certificate from Ahwal Al Madni (Civil Affairs)
