Is it permissible for a servant to share with Allah in His names and attributes, or in some of the names and attributes of Allah?
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The questioner : Our Shaykh, is it permissible for a servant to share with his Lord in naming with the names and attributes of Allah, or some of them? Excuse me, and how is that done?
The Shaykh : Repeat.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a servant to share with Allah in His names and attributes, or in some of the names and attributes of Allah?
The Shaykh : How is this question? It is known that it is not permissible!
The questioner : We heard some scholars, our Shaykh, permit this if it is free from the definite article "al"?
The Shaykh : Is this an attribute?
The questioner : We said names or attributes?
The Shaykh : It is not an attribute when you say so-and-so is generous; you do not say about him "generous" and call it an attribute of so-and-so being generous. But "al-Karim" (the Generous) as a name, that does not work.
The questioner : Both, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Which two? If you say so-and-so is generous, it is permissible. But if you name him al-Karim (the Generous), it is not permissible, whether definite or indefinite, because you will say "O Karim (Generous), please."
The Shaykh : Repeat.
The questioner : Is it permissible for a servant to share with Allah in His names and attributes, or in some of the names and attributes of Allah?
The Shaykh : How is this question? It is known that it is not permissible!
The questioner : We heard some scholars, our Shaykh, permit this if it is free from the definite article "al"?
The Shaykh : Is this an attribute?
The questioner : We said names or attributes?
The Shaykh : It is not an attribute when you say so-and-so is generous; you do not say about him "generous" and call it an attribute of so-and-so being generous. But "al-Karim" (the Generous) as a name, that does not work.
The questioner : Both, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Which two? If you say so-and-so is generous, it is permissible. But if you name him al-Karim (the Generous), it is not permissible, whether definite or indefinite, because you will say "O Karim (Generous), please."
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