The ruling on using the word "my master" for a non-Muslim
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Question:
Also, Ahmad Nasser says: We have teachers here—meaning in Doha—who are not Muslim, and we usually address them with the English word "sir," which means "my master" in Arabic. Is this permissible?
Please advise us. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
Answer:
If its meaning is "O my master," then one should avoid using it; because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was told, "You are our master," he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 4806Sahih (Al-Albani); and because the term "my master" may cause a sense of grandeur and arrogance in oneself, which might lead to arrogance, exaggeration, and pride, and the like.
So the conclusion is: it is better not to address the teacher or the brother as "my master" or with anything that implies that meaning, but rather to say "O Abu So-and-so," "O So-and-so," using other names or other titles that he accepts and which do not involve exaggeration, or by his kunyah or his known name. Yes.
Also, Ahmad Nasser says: We have teachers here—meaning in Doha—who are not Muslim, and we usually address them with the English word "sir," which means "my master" in Arabic. Is this permissible?
Please advise us. May Allah reward you with the best reward.
Answer:
If its meaning is "O my master," then one should avoid using it; because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was told, "You are our master," he said:
The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted
السيد الله -تبارك وتعالى-So the conclusion is: it is better not to address the teacher or the brother as "my master" or with anything that implies that meaning, but rather to say "O Abu So-and-so," "O So-and-so," using other names or other titles that he accepts and which do not involve exaggeration, or by his kunyah or his known name. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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