Question:
Adding husband’s name after my give name and dropping my family is allowed in Islam or haram?
Answer:
Woman’s adoption of her husband’s family name is a cultural practice that has nothing to do with Islam. From Islamic point of view, however, there is nothing wrong if the wife uses or be referred to the last name of her husband. There is no fixed tradition of last name among Muslims. It is not required for a woman to take the last name of her husband, but it is also not forbidden if she prefers to be recognized as the wife of her husband. Therefore, it is permissible for a woman to change her last name after marriage. She is allowed to legally introduce herself as the wife of so and so as we may conclude from the hadith evidence that the Prophet’s wives were sometimes referred to with the name of their families and sometimes as “wife of the Prophet”.
Shaykh Senad Agic
