Naming with 'Abd al-Rahman, 'Abd al-Latif, and Sa'd Allah
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Question:
Write it down on a piece of paper. Hmm? Praise be to Allah. What is the question? If you have a problem, write it down on a piece of paper. Yes. What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding some names such as Sa'd Allah, 'Abd Allah, 'Abd al-Rahman, 'Abd al-Latif, and the like?
Answer:
From the perspective of the Shari'ah, there is nothing wrong with that; 'Abd Allah and 'Abd al-Latif are fine. However, from the perspective of language, it is said that the definite article "al" does not enter a proper name except by established usage, such as al-Fadl and al-'Abbas, where "al" was added to them based on established usage. As for anything else, where the original form is not known as they say, it is not linguistically correct. But from the perspective of the Shari'ah, there is no objection to it.
Write it down on a piece of paper. Hmm? Praise be to Allah. What is the question? If you have a problem, write it down on a piece of paper. Yes. What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, regarding some names such as Sa'd Allah, 'Abd Allah, 'Abd al-Rahman, 'Abd al-Latif, and the like?
Answer:
From the perspective of the Shari'ah, there is nothing wrong with that; 'Abd Allah and 'Abd al-Latif are fine. However, from the perspective of language, it is said that the definite article "al" does not enter a proper name except by established usage, such as al-Fadl and al-'Abbas, where "al" was added to them based on established usage. As for anything else, where the original form is not known as they say, it is not linguistically correct. But from the perspective of the Shari'ah, there is no objection to it.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٠١ — archive.org (30:42)
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