RE: Is hyphening the last name permissible?

 

A sister asked if it would be permissible to hyphen the last names of both wife's and husband, i.e. Maryam Smith-Jones (Smith being her family last name, Jones being her husband's last name)

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

There is nothing wrong with changing (or even hyphenating) one’s name, as long as it does not entail denying one’s parental lineage.

However, it is the wife’s right to retain her name, and she cannot be forced or pushed to change it.

Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani