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Hanifa

حنيفةIn Arabic

Meaning
Upright in faith, turned away from falsehood
About the name
Hanif is the Qur'anic word for someone who turns away from false worship and holds to God alone; in 3:67 Abraham is called hanif, rendered 'in all uprightness' in one English translation.
For
A girl
Origin
Arabic
Other spellings
Hanefa, Hanifah

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • In the Qur’an

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

Sources

No source is recorded for this ruling yet.

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