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    Question ID: 10301Country: Pakistan

    Title: MY YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES CALL ME BY THE NAME OF "LAI" MEANING - BIG BROTHER. MY WIFE ALSO CALLS ME BY THAT NAME TOO. SO IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR HER TO DO SO??

    Question: MY YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS AND RELATIVES CALL ME BY THE NAME OF "LAI" MEANING - BIG BROTHER. MY WIFE ALSO CALLS ME BY THAT NAME TOO. SO IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR HER TO DO SO??

    Answer ID: 10301

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 99/99=M/1429)

     

    The wife should avoid it in future; she should not call you with Lai.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India