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Question

I will be getting married before August this year. I am a converted Muslim. I heard and read somewhere that there is no compulsion for Muslim women to change their last name after marriage. Kids get father's, if not family name.

I need to be sure first, as I'd like to keep my name.

Kindly educate me with authentic sources.

Thanks.

Answer 1

A Muslim woman keeps her maiden name after marriage. She never changes her last name whenever she gets married. However, Western women have to change their last name whenever they get married. They even keep the last name of the ex-husband after divorce. (Hmm, guess you know that)

I know that Muslim women have the least divorce rate and the least teenage pregnancy incidence in the world. Hope you could keep the positive rate up


edit: (to other answerer) I don't care, that's your choice

Answer 2

When marriage takes place it has always been the practise in the past for the woman to take the man's last name, this was the family name. In more recent years with the women's lib on the scene women even tho married will often keep there original last name and not necessarily take the last name of the husband. The husbands last name is still the family name the children should take on as their last name. The name has nothing to do with being a Muslim past or present. Would it not be more simple to just take the husbands last name? if you love him why not? Glad to hear you converted even though I do not know to what. A christian marriage is the joining of the man and the woman together as one and we are told once joined let no man separate you. Cheers!

Answer 3

First of all Congratulations in advance! The tradition of changing last names have been borrowed from outside Islam. Knowing the parents name is very important in Islam. No wonder Muslim names in Arabs sound like ahmad bin (son of) ali for example. Same applies to daughter and i don't think there are any authentic sources that say one should change their last name. Although there maybe some which say last name should not be changed but i don't have the source.

Answer 4

Do you mean if you have to take his name you wont marry? If that is the case you shouldn't marry anyway. Every one keeps their maiden name most women just get an extra name when they marry. You should be proud to carry your husbands name Muslim or not.

Answer 5

Am a Muslim Married Woman , i kept my name after marriage, no need to change your name even if its a christian name.

Congrats...

Answer 6

"yuri" is incorrect, western women do NOT have to change their name to their husbands, they are allowed to choose their married name. I dropped my middle name and added my maiden last name as my middle name .... if I were Karen Jane Smith (obviously not my real name lol) and married a man with the last name of Wright, then I'd have changed it to Karen Smith Wright, get it?

That's our tradition here in the south, but it's really up to the woman in America as to what name she chooses.

Answer 7

Asalam - u - Alaikum
Yes it is not compulsory to change your name unless untill it is prohibitted in ISLAM. Kindly check out islamicfinder.org or islamcity.com and ask some scholor about it.

May Allah bless you

Answer 8

You can keep ur name..