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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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regarding the inclusion of the meanings of attributes in the names?

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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. We said that every name includes an attribute... The First, The Last, The Apparent, and The Hidden: are these names or attributes?

The Shaykh : No, not every name implies a specific attribute. Do all people's names imply an attribute? No, a name can be the opposite of the attribute. For example, Khalid is the opposite of the attribute of being good (salih); one might become salih, but Khalid
And We did not grant to any man before you eternity وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك الخلد
[Al-Anbya 21:34]
is the opposite of the attribute. Perhaps you name someone Sahl (easy), yet he is among the most difficult of Allah's servants. Perhaps you name someone 'Abd Allah, yet he is a disbeliever, or Salih, yet he is not good. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approved the name Hakim because the attribute of wisdom is not intended to be observed in it. He prohibited the kunya Abu al-Hukm and said:
Allah is Al-Hakam (the Judge) and judgment is His إن الله هو الحكم وإليه الحكم
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5387Hasan (Darussalam)
He prohibited the kunya Abu al-Hukm because it may imply that Allah has a father, and Allah the Exalted has no father. For this reason, the kunya Abu al-Hukm was prohibited.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It was narrated to us in the chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Say, "Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." قل ادعو الله أو ادعوا الرحمن أيا ما تدعو فله الأسماء الحسنى
[Al-Isra 17:110]
He said: It was narrated to us by Abu al-Nu'man, who said: It was narrated to us by Hammad ibn Zayd, from Asim al-Ahwal.
Source alathar.net

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