Names and Attributes of Allaah

QUESTION: Is barakah and tabarak both attribute of Allah and are uncreated and eternal attribute like mercy and might. Is barakah which Allah blessed in food etc created barakah.

15 Apr

ANSWER: Barakah is an attribute that is ascribed to Him as mercy and might are ascribed to Him, and the verb derived from it is Tabaarak

QUESTION: What is meaning of Allah’s one of the name’s Al mutakabir as it literally means the arrogant one, is arrogance attribute of Allah

Names and Attributes of Allaah

12 Sep

ANSWER: Arrogance is a major sin when it comes to humans as it is defined as rejecting the truth and looking down at others. Al-Mutakabbir (the Majestic) is the one of Allah’s beautiful names and it is the One Who is above all bad qualities, shortcomings and faults, because of His might and pride and […]

QUESTION: A marriage proposal is going on. the girl’s father’s name contains the word ‘Rahman’ without abdul. If they don’t want to or refuse to change it should I refuse the proposal even if she is righteous? because father’s name is obligatory to write in the marriage registry in our country. Will the sin of shirk be upon me If this name is on my marriage registry?

Halal/Haram Matters, Names and Attributes of Allaah

03 Oct

ANSWER: No need to refuse the proposal if the girl is righteous. After the marriage she should try to change the name officially and meanwhile, she should only be called after Abdurahman.

QUESTION: Is calling someone “Khalik” regarded as Shirk? Can we say that someone is the creator of something, for example, “Mr. X is the creator of this content”?

Halal/Haram Matters, Names and Attributes of Allaah

25 May

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to call someone khaliq since this name is only of Allah! However, no problem in saying that someone created something worldly or someone is a creator of something as this is totally different than something that Allah creates.

QUESTION: We know that Allah has veil. Is the veil, a separate being/thing from Allah like Allah’s other creations like arsh, kursi etc or it is also Allah’s attribute? Can you tell in details.

Names and Attributes of Allaah

11 Mar

ANSWER: It is not one of Allah’s attributes. It is one of Allah’s creations which the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam had seen.

QUESTION: Would it be disbelief if you describe Allah by calling Him an artist. Due to the creation being beautiful.

Names and Attributes of Allaah

09 Oct

ANSWER: This is disrespecting Allah and not permissible to describe Him with other than He had described Himself

QUESTION: What does “Allahu Akbar” mean?We know that Allah doesn’t have a body like the creation.We have body ,so we can compare how big or small we are.If we say Allah is big, doesn’t this mean that we are saying that Allah has a body like the creation?So if I say “Allah doesn’t have a body,so being big or small is applicable for Allah,he is not like the creation” is it okay?

Names and Attributes of Allaah

13 Sep

ANSWER: Allah is greater than everything your can think of. We describe Allah only by what He Himself described Himself by or by what His messenger did. We don’t use the word “body” as He did not use it nor we imagine things which Satan puts in our minds, otherwise we would be followers of […]

There is a dish called haleem which people say is allahs name can we call it that or do we have to change the name

Halal/Haram Matters, Names and Attributes of Allaah

22 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in the name and no problem whatsoever in eating it.

In an answer of islamqa,they stated that, swearing by the life of the one who sent down the Quran is swearing by one of the attributes of Allah,namely the attribute of life. So can we say that, Allah has life? If yes, then how can we understood this? Because all of Allah’s creation has life and Allah doesn’t resemble amy of his creation

Names and Attributes of Allaah

23 Jun

ANSWER: Life is one of Allah’s attributes and the ever living is one of His beautiful names. His life is unlike the life of His creations as He is the first without a beginning and the last without an end. He is ever living and never dies.

I read that the name “Allah” of Allah azzawajal “comprises all the meanings of His beautiful Names” from “allahsnames.net” website. Or in other words the meaning of all of Allah’s other names are within this name. Is this correct?

Names and Attributes of Allaah

29 Sep

ANSWER: Yes. Allah’s Beautiful Names

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