Describing the created with what resembles the names and attributes of Allah
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Question:
May Allah reward you? This questioner asks whether it is permissible to describe or name some created things with an attribute or name from the names of Allah, such as saying "this generous man" or "I climbed the great mountain."
Answer:
There is no harm in that. "The Great" and "The Generous" are shared names. However, the name of Allah is specific to Him, and the name of the created thing is specific to it. Yes.
May Allah reward you? This questioner asks whether it is permissible to describe or name some created things with an attribute or name from the names of Allah, such as saying "this generous man" or "I climbed the great mountain."
Answer:
There is no harm in that. "The Great" and "The Generous" are shared names. However, the name of Allah is specific to Him, and the name of the created thing is specific to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/119 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (48:00)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.