Is it permissible to remember Allah using the Name of Majesty, Allah, in isolation?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is remembering Allah with the Name of Majesty in isolation, such as a man saying "Allah, Allah, Allah," repeating the Name, prescribed or what? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is not permissible to remember Allah with the isolated Name "Allah, Allah" or "He, He." It is not permissible. One does not remember Allah except with a phrase, such as "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) or "La ilaha illa Huwa" (There is no god but He). The remembrance must be a phrase, meaning a compound consisting of a subject and a predicate, or a verb and a subject. As for an isolated Name, this is not remembrance; it is not called remembrance. Rather, it is an innovated matter.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reported that Musa (peace be upon him) asked Allah to teach him something by which he would remember Him and supplicate to Him. So Allah said, "O Musa, say[As-Saffat 37:35]" He did not say "Say Allah." He said, "Say La ilaha illa Allah." Musa said, "O my Lord, all Your servants say this." He said Mishkat al-Masabih 2309 As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 64:1523. So remembrance is done with a phrase, and the best of phrases is "La ilaha illa Allah," which the Muslim repeats and supplicates with. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is remembering Allah with the Name of Majesty in isolation, such as a man saying "Allah, Allah, Allah," repeating the Name, prescribed or what? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
It is not permissible to remember Allah with the isolated Name "Allah, Allah" or "He, He." It is not permissible. One does not remember Allah except with a phrase, such as "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) or "La ilaha illa Huwa" (There is no god but He). The remembrance must be a phrase, meaning a compound consisting of a subject and a predicate, or a verb and a subject. As for an isolated Name, this is not remembrance; it is not called remembrance. Rather, it is an innovated matter.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reported that Musa (peace be upon him) asked Allah to teach him something by which he would remember Him and supplicate to Him. So Allah said, "O Musa, say
There is no deity but Allah
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُMoses, were the seven heavens and their inhabitants apart from me and the seven earths put in one side of a balance
يا موسى لو ان السماوات السبع وعامرهن غيري والارضين السبع وعامرهن في كفهLa ilaha illa Allah in His hand, they would tilt with them: La ilaha illa Allah.
ولا اله الا الله في كفه مالت بهن لا اله الا الله
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الذكر باسم الجلالة الله منفردا؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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