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This is shirk! To believe that the fate of a child is dependent on selecting a specific letter for his name which was recommended by this soothsayer, this is shirk.

In my friend’s family, when a child is born, they ask a Baba/molvi for baby’s name. He somehow figures out that baby’s name must start with M or S or whatever. They believe that if they don’t name their baby starting with the alphabet their Molvi told, it will not be good for the baby. I know this is a total innovation but I can’t find anything to support this fact and correct my friend.

Pedagogy education and upbringing, Shirk and its different forms | May 2, 2021 7:25 pm
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