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Is there a reckoning for names on the Day of Resurrection in terms of what they indicate in word or meaning?

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The questioner : May Allah the Exalted reward you. He says:The questioner : May Allah the Exalted guide you. Is there a reckoning for names on the Day of Resurrection in terms of what they indicate in word or meaning?

The Shaykh : And what is the meaning of the question?

The questioner : You mentioned some names, and some people take them from the Qur'an out of ignorance. Are there names that some people took from the Qur'an out of ignorance for which there is a reckoning?

The Shaykh : Every deed, I mean, I understood from the one asking the questions, not the questioner, that the meaning of the question is: If one is named with a name that one should not be named with, is the person held accountable for it or not? The general rule for us is that Allah the Exalted said in His Book:
Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]. ما يلفظ من قول إلا لديه رقيب عتيد
[Qaf 50:18]
When one of the companions of Imam Ahmad entered upon Imam Ahmad while he was ill (may Allah have mercy on him), ill and groaning from the illness, groaning from the illness, he said to him: "It is said that Tawus al-Yamani, the famous Tabi'i, said: The angel writes even the groaning of the sick person" Even though the groaning sometimes comes without the person being aware of it. The man said: "So, he said: Yes, he said: Then no groaning" So he stopped the groaning, even though the groaning sometimes comes due to the severity of the illness, without the intention of the person. Everything is written for you, everything
Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]. ما يلفظ من قول إلا لديه رقيب عتيد
[Qaf 50:18]
So everything is written for you, whether good or evil.
As for the reckoning, the believer—and I ask Allah to make me and you among the believers—His Lord (Mighty and Majestic) will be alone with him on the Day of Resurrection, speaking to him with clear speech, with no interpreter between them.
And he says: I did such and such, I did such and such, I did such and such, I did such and such, until he confirms him in all his sins. Then he says: Yes, my Lord. Then he says: I have concealed them from you in the worldly life, and I forgive them for you today. ويقول: عملت كذا، عملت كذا ، عملت كذا عملت كذا حتى يقرره بذنوبه كلها فيقول: نعم يا رب فيقول إني قد سترتها عليك في الدنيا وأنا أغفرها لك اليوم
"O Allah, to You is praise, You have concealed and overlooked"
I did screen your sins in the world and I forgive them for you today سترتها عليك في الدنيا وأنا أغفرها لك اليوم
Sahih al-Bukhari 2441
And how many are the sins that Allah has concealed from us, praise be to Allah. We ask Allah to complete that with forgiveness. If you reflect on yourself, you will find that the sins are greater than the mountains and more numerous than the sand, but the forgiveness of Allah is wider than all of that. I ask Allah to treat me and you with His forgiveness. So the important point is that whoever names with a naming that is not prescribed and which the Shari'ah dislikes, he will be asked about it on the Day of Resurrection. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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