The ruling on using terms of exaltation for certain individuals or places, such as saying "so-and-so the Exalted" or "the Exalted Pulpit"
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Question:
We have a call from our sister Raymah from Riyadh. Peace be upon you. Please, go ahead. And upon you be peace. May Allah make your evening happy, my son, may He guide you to good. May Allah keep you safe, please go ahead. If you please, I have a few things I want to discuss with the Shaykh regarding two questions on this topic. Some people, I mean, they misuse the expression in some words. For example, they say "the Exalted King" or they apply it to a place, for example, a studio and so on. I have heard this thing, for example, they say "the Exalted Pulpit," so sometimes a person misuses the expression in some of the wording. I hope the Shaykh will direct a word and advice to these people. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
Exaggerating the exaltation of individuals or places is not permissible, because this is considered a type of extremism (ghuluw). So names should be called by their names without exaggeration.
We have a call from our sister Raymah from Riyadh. Peace be upon you. Please, go ahead. And upon you be peace. May Allah make your evening happy, my son, may He guide you to good. May Allah keep you safe, please go ahead. If you please, I have a few things I want to discuss with the Shaykh regarding two questions on this topic. Some people, I mean, they misuse the expression in some words. For example, they say "the Exalted King" or they apply it to a place, for example, a studio and so on. I have heard this thing, for example, they say "the Exalted Pulpit," so sometimes a person misuses the expression in some of the wording. I hope the Shaykh will direct a word and advice to these people. Please, Shaykh.
Answer:
Exaggerating the exaltation of individuals or places is not permissible, because this is considered a type of extremism (ghuluw). So names should be called by their names without exaggeration.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم إطلاق ألفاظ التعظيم لبعض الأشخاص أو الأماكن كقولهم "فلان المعظم" "المنبر المعظم" – صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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