Fatwa no. 20139 All praise be to Allah Alone, and peace and blessings be upon the Last of the Prophets. To proceed:The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta' has examined the letter submitted to His Eminence, the Grand Mufty, by His Eminence, the Director of Da`wah and Guidance Centre in Al-Dammam, `Abdul-Muhsin ibn Muhammad Al-Banyan, which was referred to the Committee by the Secretariat General of the Council of Senior Scholars no. 199 dated on 02/01/1419 A.H. The letter of His Eminence contained the Fatwa (legal opinion issued by a qualified Muslim scholar) request submitted by Rashid ibn Muhammad Al-Zahrany in which he asks about the Shari`ah (Islamic law) ruling on naming his firm Mu'ssasat Al-Sahaby lil-Malabis Al-Jahizah [Al-Sahaby Firm for Ready-to-Wear Clothes]. The Fatwa request reads as follows:Your Eminence, I have a commercial firm which I called Mu'ssasat Al-Sahaby as per Commercial Registration Certificate, a copy of which is attached hereto. However, I was shocked by a man of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) who prevented the car from selling in the city of Hafr Al-Batin. He objected to the firm's name and demanded that I change it on the pretext that it is prohibited to use the word Al-Sahaby (Companion of the Prophet) as a name of the firm. I tried to persuade him that the name is permissible and asked him to give me evidence that supports the prohibition; however, (Part No. 11; Page No. 45) he insisted and even threatened that if he saw the car once again, both the car and driver would be arrested. When I contacted the CPVPV in the Eastern Province, they asked for a Fatwa with regard to the firm's name. So, I submit my Fatwa request to Your Eminence, asking whether the firm's name is permissible or not. Kindly bear in mind that Al-Sahaby is my family name and that of my father, Muhammad Ma`id Al-Zahrany, who is known as Muhammad Al-Sahaby among his close relatives. He was named so after a shaykh who was a judge in the city of Ta'if nearly 65 years ago. I wish that Your Eminence could give me an authorized Fatwa to present it on demand. May Allah reward you with the best and safeguard you.