What are the conditions for making a name a slave name for Allah? I am confused because al-Qabid (The Withholder) is one of His names. Is it permissible for me to say 'Abd al-Qabid?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What are the conditions for making a name a slave name for Allah? I am confused because al-Qabid (The Withholder) is one of Allah's names. Is it permissible for me to say 'Abd al-Qabid?

The Shaykh:
Whatever is established as a name of Allah, one may make a slave name from it: 'Abd al-Qadir, 'Abd al-Hakim, 'Abd al-Malik, and the like. Whatever is established as one of Allah's names, one may make a slave name from it.

The questioner:
He says, may Allah keep you safe: What are the conditions for making a name a slave name for Allah, Mighty and Majestic?

The Shaykh:
That it is established that this name is one of the names of Allah. That is its condition. Yes.

The questioner:
Then he says: I am confused because al-Qabid (The Withholder) is one of Allah's names. Is it permissible?

The Shaykh:
Al-Qabid (The Withholder) alone is one of Allah's names. Al-Qabid and al-Basit (The Expander) are opposing names, just as al-Awwal (The First) and al-Akhir (The Last) are, and al-Qabid and al-Basit are opposing. One does not take one and leave the other. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Al-Awwal (The First) and al-Akhir (The Last), al-Batin (The Hidden) and al-Zahir (The Manifest), and al-Qabid (The Withholder) and al-Basit (The Expander) are all opposing names. One does not take just one, if he says al-Qabid alone or al-Basit alone.