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Salah al-Din

صلاح الدينIn Arabic

Meaning
Goodness of the faith
For
A boy
Origin
Arabic
Other spellings
Saladin, Salah ad-Din, Salaheddin, Salaheddine

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • Scholars differ about this name.

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

Honorific tied to religion: scholars differ

Islam Q&A says most scholars call names that add a word to al-Din (Nur al-Din is its example) disliked and a few forbid them, as an exaggeration; Imam al-Nawawi disliked being called Muhyi al-Din. Salah al-Din follows the same pattern but is in wide use, so it is flagged, not hidden.

Confidence: medium

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