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[zaid_ibn_ali]

I heard Shaykh Shuaib Hasan say that in Islam when a woman gets married, she should keep her fathers name as her surname and not her husbands second name. I.e. say Sadiyah bint Umar was to marry Sufyan Ahmed. She shoudl not be called Sadiyah Ahmed as is the custom in the western world amongst muslims, but her name Sadiyah bit Umar (or Sadiyah Umar?) should remain.

Any thoughts?

[Mansoor Ali]

Question:

As-salamu Alaikum,
Many sisters in our community have taken the names of their husbands without realizing that they should have kept their father's name. Should they change their name back to the father's name or is it allowed to keep the husband's name?
Also, if a person is born out-of-wedlock, should they carry their father's last name or their mother's last name? What is the evidence for this?
Jazak Allah Khair.


Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permitted for anyone to claim to belong to anyone other than his father. Imitating the kuffaar by dropping the wife’s surname and giving her the husband’s name is haraam; it is also a form of falsehood, and humiliation of the woman. Anyone who has done this must repent to Allaah and put it right by going back to her father’s name.

With regard to a child born out of wedlock, he should be given his mother’s name and cannot be given the name of the adulterer. (For more information, see Question #1942 and 284).

Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

[hearandobey]

please see this fatwa from the shari'a council (http://www.islamic-sharia.org/marriage/changing-name-of-woman-after-marriage.html):

Question:
Is it haram for a girl to change her surname after marriage? If so, what is the reason for it? If it is not permissible to change her surname which surname does she keep and will that cause complications in dealing with paper work in this country, for example dealing with bank accounts, or when buying a house?

Answer:
Assalam o alaikum! The Islamic practice is not to change the surname, especially if it is her father name. Our prophet's daughter was always known as Fatima bint Muhammad not as Fatima Ali. Similarly the wife of the prophet, Aisha is always known as Aisha bint Abu Bakar, not as Aisha Mohammad. However, if she wants to change the surname to her husband's surname it is allowed.
Wassalam.

[Mansoor Ali]

However, if she wants to change the surname to her husband's surname it is allowed.

Where's the evidence?

[jetmir]

call them by their father's (name)'. (33:5)

[abuyasin]

Allah SWT already judged in that matter in this verse "call them by their father's (name)". (33:5)

what Fatwah you looking at and here it is clear answer from Allah SWT?