Is it permissible to name Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) as al-Dahr (time), and what is al-Dahr?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to name Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) as al-Dahr, and what is al-Dahr?

Answer:
No one has said that al-Dahr is among the names of Allah except Imam Ibn Hazm (may Allah have mercy on him), and he erred in this; al-Dahr is not among the names of Allah. However, the hadith "I am al-Dahr" is explained by the end of the hadith: So the meaning of "I am al-Dahr" is that I alternate the night and the day; the hadith explains part of itself. And in the other narration, "I am al-Dahr, and in My hand is the command," the explanation of this is: Yes.