Naming your son Muhammad or Ali
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If one, while expecting a baby, has the intention to name the child Muhammad or Ali, the child will be a boy with the permission of Allah (S.W.T):
“Once ibn Ghaylan al-Mada’iniy and I visited abu al-Hassan, al-Rida (A.S) and ibn Ghaylan said to him (the Imam), ‘I pray to Allah to keep you well, I have been informed that if one’s wife is pregnant and he keeps his intention to name him Muhammad a son then is born to him.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If one’s wife is pregnant and he keeps in his intention to name him Ali, (in this case also) a son will born to him.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Ali and Muhammad is one thing.’ He then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep you well, I left my wife pregnant, please pray to Allah to make him a boy.’ He (the Imam) bent down his head for a long time; then raised his head and said, ‘Name him Ali because it is good for his long life.’ We then entered Mecca and a letter came from al-Mada’in saying, “A boy is born to him.”’”
Source: It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Hussein ibn Sa‘id
[Furu’ al-Kafi, Volume 6, Chapter 5, Hadith #2]
[Mira’at al-Uqool, Volume 21, Page 20]
Reference: wilayat.net
