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Bishr (Name)

Bishr (transliteration: Bishr, Arabic: بشر) is an Arabic name for boys that means “cheerfulness”, “good cheer”, “geniality”, “affability”, the fact of someone having a happy and smiling face and amiable manners toward others.123 Bishr is also the name of a mountain in Najd (the central part of the Arabian peninsula)4, and the name of a well belonging to the Arabian tribe of Taghlib.5

There are 43 Companions of !PM named Bishr:

  • Bishr al-Asadi بِشر الأسدي
  • Bishr bin al-Baraa’ bin Ma`roor بشر بن البراء بن معرور
  • Bishr al-Thaqafi بِشر الثقفي
  • Bishr bin al-Harath بشر بن الحارث
  • Bishr bin al-Harith bin Amr بشر بن الحارث بن عمر
  • Bishr bin al-Harith bin Qais بِشر بن الحارث بن قيس
  • Bishr bin Handhalah al-Ju`fi بِشر بن حنظلة الجعفي
  • Bishr bin Rabee`ah bin Amr بشر بن ربيعة بن عمر
  • Bishr bin Rabee`ah بشر بن ربيعة
  • Bishr bin Rudaih بشر بن رديح
  • Bishr bin Suhaim بشر بن سحيم
  • Bishr bin Sufyan al-Ataki بشر بن سفيان العتكي
  • Bishr al-Salmi بشر السلمي
  • Bishr bin Shabr بشر بن شبر
  • Bishr bin Sahar al-Abdi بِشر بن صحار العبدي
  • Bishr bin Aasim بشر بن عاصم
  • Bishr bin Aasim bin Sufyan al-Thaqafi بشر بن عاصم بن سفيان الثقفي
  • Bishr bin Aamir bin Maalik al-Aamiri بشر بن عامر بن مالك العامري
  • Bishr bin Aamir bin Maalik bin Ja`far بشر بن عامر بن مالك بن جعفر
  • Bishr bin Abdullah al-Ansari al-Khazraji بشر بن عبد الله الأنصاري الخزرجي
  • Bishr bin Abdullah بشر بن عبد الله
  • Bishr bin Abd بشر بن عبد
  • Bishr bin Urfutah bin al-Khashkhash al-Juhani بشر بن عرفطة بن الخشخاش الجهني
  • Bishr bin Ismah al-Laithi بشر بن عصمة الليثي
  • Bishr bin Ismah al-Muzani بشر بن عصمة المزني
  • Bishr bin Atiyyah بشر بن عطية
  • Bishr bin Aqrabah al-Juhani Abu Yamaan بشر بن عقربة الجهني أبو يمان
  • Bishr al-Ghanawi father of Abdullah bin Bishr بشر الغنوي والد عبد الله بن بشر
  • Bishr al-Ghanawi بشر الغنوي
  • Bishr bin Quhaif بشر بن قحيف
  • Bishr bin Qudamah al-Dhubabi بشر بن قدامة الضبابي
  • Bishr bin Qutbah bin Sinan bin al-Haarith بشر بن قطبة بن سنان بن الحارث
  • Bishr bin Qais بشر بن قيس
  • Bishr bin Qais bin Kaladah al-Tamimi al-Anbari بشربن قيس بن كلدة التميمي العنبري
  • Bishr bin al-Muhtafiz بشر بن المحتفز
  • Bishr bin Mas`ud بشر بن مسعود
  • Bishr bin Mu`adh al-Asadi بشر بن معاذ الأسدي
  • Bishr bin Mu`awiyah bin Thawr بشر بن معاوية بن ثور
  • Bishr bin al-Mu`alla بشر بن المعلى
  • Bishr bin al-Hajanna` al-Bakka’i بشر بن الهجنع البكائي
  • Bishr bin Hilal al-Abdi بشر بن هلال العبدي
  • Bishr Abu Khalifah بشر أبو خليفة

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Bilal (Name)

Bilal (transliteration: Bilāl, Arabic: بلال) is an Arabic name for boys that means “that which quenches thirst”, meaning a wholesome and pure water, cold milk or other drink.123

Bilal is also spelled Bilaal.

There are 11 Companions of !PM named Bilal, including his famous Companion Bilal ibn Rabah:

  • Bilal bin Uhaihah بلال بن أحيحة
  • Bilal al-Ansari بلال الأنصاري
  • Bilal bin Bulail bin Uhaihah بلال بن بليل بن أحيحة
  • Bilal bin al-Harith بلال بن الحارث
  • Bilal bin al-Harith bin Bujair بلال بن الحارث بن بجير
  • Bilal bin Hamamah بلال بن حمامة
  • Bilal bin Rabah بِلال بن رباح
  • Bilal bin Sa`d بلال بن سعد
  • Bilal bin Malik al-Muzani بِلال بن مالك المزني
  • Bilal al-Fazari بلال الفزاري
  • Bilal bin Yahya بلال بن يحيى

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Bazima (Name)

Bazima (transliteration: Badhima, Arabic: بذيمة) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “one who does not needlessly become angry”, “one who has a good temper”.12

Bazima is also spelled Bazeema, Badhima, Bazimah and Badheema.

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Bayda (Name)

Bayda (transliteration: Bayḍāʾ, Arabic: بيضاء) is an Arabic name for girls that means “white”, “the sun”, “moonlit night”.12 It is the feminine form of abyaḍ (“white”).

Bayda is also spelled Baydaa, Bayza, Bayzaa and Bayza’ among others.

The word Bayda is used in six places in the Quran, such as:

And press your hand to your side; it will come out white, without a blemish—another sign.3

45. They will be offered a cup of pure drink. 46. White; a delight to those who drink.4

There is one female Companion of !PM named Bayda:

  • al-Bayda Umm Suhail البيضاء أم سهيل

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Bayad (Name)

Bayad (transliteration: Bayāḍ, Arabic: بياض) is an Arabic name for boys that means “whiteness”, “the color white”.123 It is used figuratively to refer to milk, and it is also the name of a type of fish from the Nile.45

Bayad is also spelled Bayaz, Bayaaz and Bayaad.

There is one Companion of !PM named Bayaz:

  • Bayad bin Suwaid بياض بن سويد

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Basra (Name)

Basra (transliteration: Baṣra, Arabic: بصرة) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that is variously described as referring to “soft stones”, “soft white stones”, “tough clay”, “red land”.1234 Basra is also the name of an important city in Iraq, the residence of the famous Companion Anas bin Malik and the ascetic and scholar al-Hasan al-Basri.

Basra is also spelled Basrah.

There are two Companions of !PM named Basra:

  • Basra bin Aktham al-Ansari بصرة بن أكثم الأنصاري
  • Basra bin Abi Basrah al-Ghaffariبصرة بن أبي بصرة الغفاري

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Basheer (Name)

Basheer (transliteration: Bashīr, Arabic: بشير) is an Arabic name for boys that means “bringer of good news”, “bringer of good tidings”, “announcer of joyful news”.123

Basheer is also spelled as Bashir and Basheere.

The word Basheer is used nine times in the Quran. Below are two examples:

We have sent you with the truth—as a bringer of good news, and a giver of warnings. You will not be questioned about the inmates of Hell.4

O People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making things clear to you—after a cessation of messengers—so that you cannot say, “No bringer of good news has come to us, and no warner.” In fact, a bringer of good news has come to you, and a warner; and God is Capable of everything.5

There are 37 Companions of !PM named Basheer:

  • Basheer al-Aslami بشير الأسلمي
  • Basheer bin Akkal بشير بن أكّال
  • Basheer bin Anas bin Umayyah بشير بن أنس بن أمية
  • Basheer al-Ansari بشير الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin Tameem بشير بن تميم
  • Basheer al-Thaqafi بشير الثقفي
  • Basheer bin Thawr al-Ajali بشر بن ثور العجلي
  • Basheer bin Jaabir bin Araab بشير بن جابر بن عراب
  • Basheer Abu Jamilah from Bani Saleem بشير أبو جميلة من بني سليم
  • Basheer bin al-Haarith al-Ansari بشير بن الحارث الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin al-Harith bin Saree` bin Bahad al-Absi بشير بن الحارث بن سريع بن بحاد العبسي
  • Basheer al-Harithi al-Ka`bi بشير الحارثي الكعبي
  • Basheer bin al-Khasaasiyyah بشير بن الخصاصية
  • Basheer bin Zaid al-Dhab`i بشير بن زيد الضبعي
  • Basheer bin Zayd al-Ansari بشير بن زيد الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin Abi Zayd al-Ansari بشير بن أبي زيد الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin Sa`d bin Tha`labah بشير بن سعد بن ثعلبة
  • Basheer bin Sa`d bin al-Nu`man بشير بن سعد بن النعمان
  • Basheer al-Salmi بشير السلمي
  • Basheer bin Abdullah al-Ansari بشير بن عبد الله الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin Abd al-Mundhir al-Ansari بشير بن عبد المنذر الأنصاري
  • Basheer bin Ateek bin Qais بشير بن عتيك بن قيس
  • Basheer bin Aqrabah al-Juhani بشير بن عقربة الجهني
  • Basheer bin Amr بشير بن عمر
  • Basheer bin Anbas bin Zayd بشير بن عنبس بن زيد
  • Basheer al-Ghaffari بشير الغفاري
  • Basheer bin Fudaik Abu Salih بشير بن فديك أبو صالح
  • Basheer bin Ka`b بشير بن كعب
  • Basheer bin Ka`b al-Adawi بشير بن كعب العدوي
  • Basheer al-Mazini Abu Abdullah بشير المازني أبو عبد الله
  • Basheer bin Abi Mas`ud al-Ansari al-Badri بشير بن أبي مسعود الأنصاري البدري
  • Basheer bin Mu`bid بشير بن معبد
  • Basheer bin Mu`awiyah Abu Alqamah al-Najrani بشير بن معاوية أبو علقمة النجراني
  • Basheer bin al-Nu`man بشير بن النعمان
  • Basheer bin al-Nuhas al-Abdi بشير بن النهاس العبدي
  • Basheer Abu Ayyub بشير أبو أيوب
  • Basheer bin Raa`i al-Eer بشير بن راعي العير

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Bashar (Name)

Bashar (transliteration: Bashshār, Arabic: بشّار) is an Arabic name for boys that means “bringer of good news”, “bringer of good tidings”, “announcer of joyful news”.123

Bashar is also spelled Bashaar.

There is one Companion of !PM named Bashar:

  • Bashaar bin Adi bin Amr بشار بن عدي بن عمر

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Barza (Name)

Barza could refer to two different names:

Barza (1)

Barza (transliteration: Barza, Arabic: برزة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “dignified”, “self-respecting”, “respected”, “one whose good qualities are apparent”, “a dignified middle-aged woman who mixes with men and takes part in their conversation and is listened to (because of her wisdom and status)”.1234

Barza may also be spelled Barzah.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Barza:

  • Barza bint Mas`ud برزة بنت مسعود

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Barza (2)

Barza (transliteration: Barza, Kurdish: بەرزە) is a Kurdish name for girls that means “the high one”, “the tall one”, “the respected one”, “the exalted one”, from the Kurdish word barz (“high”, “exalted”).5 It may also be a shortened form of Barzā, which means “first-born”.6

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Barra (Name)

Barra (transliteration: Barra, Arabic: برّة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “affectionate”, “kind”, “gentle”, “dutiful”, “pious”, “doer of good deeds”, “virtuous”.123

Barra may also be spelled Barrah, Bara, and Barah.

There are three female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Barra:

  • Barra bint Abi Tajrat برة بنت أبي تجراة
  • Barra bint Abi Salamah برة بنت أبي سلمة
  • Barra bint Aamir برة بنت عامر

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Bareera (Name)

Bareera (transliteration: Barīra, Arabic: بريرة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “one fruit of the arāk tree”. The arāk tree (scientific name Salvadora persica) is the tree from which the Arabian toothbrush, the miswāk, is made.1 The literal meaning of Bareera is “faithful”, “loyal”, “dutiful”, “devoted to good deeds and worship”, from root birr (“dutifulness”, “faithfulness”, “the doing of good deeds”.2 The ancient Arabians, when using this name, had the fruit of the arak tree in mind, rather than the literal meaning.3

Bareera is also spelled Barira, Bareerah and Barirah.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Bareera:

  • Bareera freed slave of Aisha bint Abu Bakr al-Siddiq بريرة مولاة عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

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Bareea (Name)

Bareea (transliteration: Barīʿa, Arabic: بريعة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “beautiful”, “admirable”, “a woman who is extraordinary both in beauty and intelligence”.123

Bareea is also spelled Baria, Bareeya, Bari’a, Baree’ah, Baree’a, Bari’ah among others.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Bareea:

  • Bareea bint Abi Harithah بريعة بنت أبي حارثة

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Baraka (Name)

Baraka (transliteration: Baraka, Arabic: بركة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “blessings”, “blessedness”, “good fortune”, “increase”, “prosperity”, “abundance (of good things)”.12

There are three female Companions of !PM named Baraka:

  • Baraka bint Tha`labah بركة بنت ثعلبة
  • Baraka al-Habashiyyah بركة الحبشية
  • Baraka bint Yasaar بركة بنت يسار

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IslamQA: On sharing a room with a homosexual person of one’s own sex

I wanted to ask that, my friend (female) was in a hotel with her friend who is also a female, for a convention. my friend knew that the other is a bisexual and she asked me if it's OK for Muslim girls to share a room with homosexual girls. when i was in middle school i asked the same thing to my teachers and they said we cannot. also that friend of mine and her friend are both Muslims. thank you!

I expect that those teachers who said that it is prohibited considered the situation similar to one of sharing a room with a person of the opposite sex. But that is not an exact comparison because your friend herself is not a homosexual, so there is no likelihood of sexual desire by her toward the homosexual girl, even if the homosexual girl may plausibly have it or develop it toward her.

For that reason, while it would be a good thing to avoid such a situation, it is not exactly the same as a woman sharing a room with a man. Whether one should accept to be in such a situation or not depends on the homosexual person’s character. If they are well-known to the person and are known to be self-respecting and trustworthy, then there is little danger in the situation. But if they are known to be unreliable and flirtatious, or are strangers or little-known, then one should avoid sharing a room with them.

By living a homosexual lifestyle, a person has broken religious laws, but they may still follow various social protocols and customs that makes it harmless to interact with them. It is probably not correct to assume that all rules applying to the opposite sex would also automatically apply to homosexual people of one’s own sex. I am not a mufti and cannot find relevant opinions on this matter from respected scholars. The above is just my opinion.

Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy [Short Book Review]

Professor Jonathan Brown’s Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy is one of the best English-language books about Islam written by a Muslim (he converted to Islam in 1997). While the book’s focus is on the issues surrounding the authenticity and interpretation of hadith, it provides a good general history of the development of Islam’s intellectual tradition.

The book will contain many eye-openers for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. While rising many questions, the book does not generally provide conclusive answers.

The issue of violence against women (as in verse 4:34) is covered in great detail, although no solution is reached (see my essay A New Interpretation of Wife-Beating in Verse 4:34 of the Quran for a potential solution). On the issue of the stoning of adulterers:

...and so strong was the sense of duty to avoid carrying them out that Cairo’s senior judge chose exile over agreeing to execute two adulterers.

While the Egyptian scholar Muhammad Abu Zahra is mentioned in the book, his important opposition to the punishment of stoning is not (perhaps Dr. Brown was not aware of it).

This book’s most important contribution, I hope, will be to encourage other Muslims to write works of similar quality; fairly balanced and supported by a great deal of evidence.

Baraa (Name)

Baraa (transliteration: Barāʾ, Arabic: براء) is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means “innocent”, “free (from a fault)”, “cured (from an illness)”, literally meaning “to be free, pure or dissociated (from a fault, sin or illness)”.12 It also refers to the first night of the lunar month,3 although some say it refers to the first day of the month.4

The word Baraa is used twice in the Quran:

When Abraham said to his father and his people, “I am innocent of what you worship."5

You have had an excellent example in Abraham and those with him; when they said to their people, “We are innocent of/dissociated from you, and what you worship apart from God. We denounce you. Enmity and hatred has surfaced between us and you, forever, until you believe in God alone.” Except for the words of Abraham to his father, “I will ask forgiveness for you, though I have no power from God to do anything for you.” “Our Lord, in You we trust, and to You we repent, and to You is the ultimate resort.6

There are eight Companions of !PM named Baraa (all of them men):

  • al-Baraa’ bin Aws البراء بن أوس
  • al-Baraa’ bin al-Ja`d bin Awf البراء بن الجعد بن عوف
  • al-Baraa’ bin Hazm البراء بن حزم
  • al-Baraa’ bin Aazib البراء بن عازب
  • al-Baraa’ bin Amr البراء بن عمر
  • al-Baraa’ in Qubaisah البراء بن قبيصة
  • al-Baraa’ bin Maalik bin al-Nadheer bin Dhamdham البراء بن مالك بن النَّضير بن ضَمْضَم
  • al-Baraa’ bin Ma`roor البراء بن مَعْرُور

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Baqeera (Name)

Baqeera (transliteration: Baqīra, Arabic: بقيرة) is an ancient Arabian name for girls that refers to a type of garment worn by women. Its literal meaning is “something that has a slit, because it was worn by putting it over the neck through a slit in the garment.1 Ibn ʿAbbād says it is worn by Indian women.2

Baqeera is also spelled Baqira, Baqeerah and Baqirah.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Baqeera:

  • Baqeera, wife of al-Qa`qaa`بقيرة امرأة القعقاع

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Bakr (Name)

Bakr () is an Arabic name for boys that means “young (adolescent) camel”.123

The closest Companion of Prophet Muhammad PBUH is known as Abu Bakr, which means “father of a boy named Bakr”. This wasn’t his first name but his kunya, something akin to a nickname. His first name was ʿAbdullāh, his full name being ʿAbdullāh bin Abī Quḥāfa.

There are ten Companions of !PM named Bakr:

  • Bakr bin Umayyah al-Dhamri بكر بن أمية الضمري
  • Bakr bin Jabalah بكر بن جبلة
  • Bakr bin al-Haarith al-Anmaari بكر بن الحارث الأنماري
  • Bakr bin Haarithah al-Juhani بكر بن حارثة الجهني
  • Bakr bin Habeeb al-Hanafi بكر بن حبيب الحنفي
  • Bakr bin Hadhlam al-Asadi بكر بن حذلم الأسدي
  • Bakr bin al-Shuddakh al-Laithi بكر بن الشداخ الليثي
  • Bakr bin Abdullah bin al-Rabee` al-Ansari بكر بن عبد الله بن الربيع الأنصاري
  • Bakr bin Abdullah بكر بن عبد الله
  • Bakr bin Mubshir bin Khair al-Ansari al-Awsi بكر بن مبشر بن خير الأنصاري الأوسي

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Bakkar (Name)

Bakkar “one who rises early in the morning” (such as to go to work),1 from bukra, which means “early morning”.2

There is one Companion of !PM named Bakkar:

  • Bakkaar bin Abdullah bin Sahook بكّار بن عبد الله بن سهوك

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Bajala (Name)

Bajala (transliteration: Bajāla, Arabic: بجالة) is an Arabic name for boys that means “honor”, “greatness”, to be respected and honored as a chief or lord.1 It also means “gravitas”, “venerability”, the fact of an old man commanding respect and honor by their character.2

There is one Companion of !PM named Bajala:

  • Bajalah bin Ubaidah al-Tamimi al-Anbari بجالة بن عبيدة التميمي العنبري

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