What is your ruling, may Allah grant you success, on naming some medical establishments after Ibn Sina? Does that amount to giving him honor?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is your ruling, may Allah grant you success, on designating and naming some educational or medical establishments, or others, after Ibn Sina? Does that amount to giving him honor? It is not permissible. This is giving honor to Ibn Sina. Ibn Sina
The Shaykh:
Ibn Sina was one of the atheists, and the Shaykh al-Islam has treatises explaining his condition, clarifying it, and refuting him. This is well known. This is well known. His father was from the Batiniyyah. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother is very old in age.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Sina was advanced in medicine. There is no dispute regarding his knowledge of medicine. As for matters of creed, he was an atheist, and may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is your ruling, may Allah grant you success, on designating and naming some educational or medical establishments, or others, after Ibn Sina? Does that amount to giving him honor? It is not permissible. This is giving honor to Ibn Sina. Ibn Sina
The Shaykh:
Ibn Sina was one of the atheists, and the Shaykh al-Islam has treatises explaining his condition, clarifying it, and refuting him. This is well known. This is well known. His father was from the Batiniyyah. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother is very old in age.
The Shaykh:
Ibn Sina was advanced in medicine. There is no dispute regarding his knowledge of medicine. As for matters of creed, he was an atheist, and may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [467 -521] ما تقولون وفقكم الله في تسمية بعض المنشئات الطبية باسم ابن سينا، هل في ذلك تعظيمٌ له؟ — youtube.com
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