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of the child. (Imam Khomeini, child's individual and social
2000: 308) personality.
Imam Reza describes a According to Islam, a
good name given to a baby child's right is not fulfilled
as an act of kindness and only by giving it a name;
beneficence by the parents: rather, based on religious
“The first beneficence of teachings, it is a duty of the
a parent towards his parents to choose a good
child is to give him a name for their child. It has
good name; therefore, been enjoined in religious
you should name your sources that:
child with a good name”. “Give your child a name
(Kulayni, Vol. 6: 18) before it is born and if
you do not know that it is
A good name is the best male or female, give it a
gift a child receives in its name that is appropriate
life from its parents. A for both male and female
child hears his name day child because if you lose
and night; and it is an unnamed child due to
reasonable to believe that miscarriage, the child
the meaning of that name will meet his father on
subconsciously strengthens the Judgment Day and
those characteristics which will ask: Why didn't you
are implied in that name. give me a name? Didn't
What is emphasized here is the Prophet name (his
the fact that a name has a grandson) Mohsen before
psychological effect on the
