Is it permissible to call the index finger the "sabbabah"?
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The questioner : We have some questions, some of which relate to creed.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : The first question: Is it permissible to name the index finger by this name, since the naming came from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance? Because they used it for cursing, and now it is sometimes used for the testimony of faith?
The Shaykh : As for permissibility, it is permissible; as for what is better, it is not.
The Shaykh : Please, go ahead.
The questioner : The first question: Is it permissible to name the index finger by this name, since the naming came from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance? Because they used it for cursing, and now it is sometimes used for the testimony of faith?
The Shaykh : As for permissibility, it is permissible; as for what is better, it is not.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 968 — d3watuna.com (34:21)
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