Are "al-Nasir, al-Muhsin, al-Hafiz, al-Ilah" among the names of Allah? And is it permissible for a person to name his son with them?
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The questioner: Well, are "al-Nasir, al-Muhsin, al-Hafiz, al-Ilah" among the names of Allah? Is it permissible for someone to name his son Abd al-Nasir, or Abd al-Muhsin, or Abd al-Hafiz, or Abd al-Ilah?
The Shaykh : As for Abd al-Ilah, there is no doubt
The questioner: Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Al-Ilah, yes.
As for the other names, they require a specific study in terms of the Shari'ah evidence. I am not currently recalling whether these names appeared explicitly in the authentic Sunnah texts.
But I recall that al-Hafiz Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Asqalani investigated the names that were mentioned in the Prophetic hadiths in his book "Fath al-Bari, a commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari".
So a student of knowledge can refer to this book to obtain the answer to a question like this.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : As for Abd al-Ilah, there is no doubt
The questioner: Is it permissible?
The Shaykh : Al-Ilah, yes.
As for the other names, they require a specific study in terms of the Shari'ah evidence. I am not currently recalling whether these names appeared explicitly in the authentic Sunnah texts.
But I recall that al-Hafiz Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Asqalani investigated the names that were mentioned in the Prophetic hadiths in his book "Fath al-Bari, a commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari".
So a student of knowledge can refer to this book to obtain the answer to a question like this.
The questioner: May Allah reward you with good.