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The Name Diyya

24 Ramadaan 1435 | 22 July 2014

Question

Is Diyya a boy’s name or girl’s name?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

 The name Diyya is appropriate.

 Diyya means “an earthen lamp” [i]

  

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub

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[i] Urdu Dictionary pg. 375. – Ferozsons (Pvt) LTD.

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