Is naming a person using one of Allah's names allowed?

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• ✓ Al-Kafi 1:69

  Shia

  Al-Kafi · Book 1, Hadith 69

  I asked him about faith and Islam. I said to him, "Is there a difference between Islam and faith?" He said, "I will give you an example." I said, "Please bring it." He said, "The example of faith and Islam is like the Kaaba and the Sacred Sanctuary. The Kaaba may be inside the Sacred Sanctuary but not in the Kaaba itself, and it cannot be in the Kaaba except if it is within the Sacred Sanctuary. One may be Muslim but not a believer, and one cannot be a believer until he is Muslim." I said, "Does something remove one from faith?" He said, "Yes." I asked, "And what does it make him?" He said, "It makes him either Muslim or disbeliever." He said, "If a man enters the Kaaba and urinates, he is removed from the Kaaba but not from the Sacred Sanctuary; he washes his clothes and purifies himself, then he is not prevented from entering the Kaaba again. If a man enters the Kaaba and urinates there persistently and defiantly, he is removed from the Kaaba and from the Sanctuary, and his neck is struck." — OR — The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: 'It is part of a man's wisdom to use a place suitable for urination.' — OR — Shihab ibn Abd Rabbih gave me dirhams from the zakat to distribute. One day he asked me if I had distributed them, and I said no. Then he told me some words in a rough manner, which caused me to throw aside what was left of the dirhams in my possession and leave angry. He said: Return so I can tell you something I heard from Ja'far ibn Muhammad (peace be upon him). I returned and said to Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him): When I receive my zakat, I give it away to whomever I trust to distribute. He said: Yes, that is good, there is no harm in that. Indeed, he is one of the givers. So I took the dirhams to the place where I heard the hadith and distributed them. — OR — I asked Abu Abdullah (peace be upon him) about the army when it invades enemy territory and captures spoils, then another army joins them before they leave for Dar al-Salam, having encountered no enemy until they reached Dar al-Salam: should the second army share with the first? He said, "Yes." I also asked about an expedition in which they were on a ship, and the horseman did not ride his horse—how is the booty divided between them? He said, "The horseman receives two shares and the foot soldier one share." I said, "What if they did not ride their horses and did not fight mounted?" He said, "Have you considered if they were in an army, and the foot soldiers were in front and fought, then captured spoils—how would it be divided? Did I not make the horseman’s share two, and that of the foot soldier one? They are the ones who took the spoil except for the horsemen." — OR — This (name) Muhammad has been permitted for naming. Whoever else has been permitted for naming, including 'Yasin,' which is the name of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family). — OR — Abu Ja’far (peace be upon him) died leaving sixty slaves. He freed one-third of them. I cast lots among them and brought out the freed third. — OR — He said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) was asked about the saying of Allah, the Exalted: 'On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation.' He said, 'O Ali, the delegation consists only of mounted riders. These are men who feared Allah, so He loved them and chose them, and accepted their deeds, so He named them the righteous. Then he said to Ali, 'By Him who split the grain and created the soul, they will come forth from their graves, and angels will receive them riding golden camels adorned with pearls and rubies, their cloaks made of brocade and fine silk with their borders of purple thread, flying with them to the gathering place. Accompanying each of them are one thousand angels in front, on the right, and on the left, escorting them until they reach the gate of the Greatest Paradise. At that gate is a tree whose shade shelters one thousand people. On the right of the tree is a purifying spring, and they will be given a drink from it by which Allah will cleanse their hearts of envy and cause the hair on their bodies to fall out. This is Allah's words: 'Their Lord will give them a pure drink from the spring.' Then they turn to another spring to the left of the tree and bathe in it; it is the spring of eternal life, so they never die. Then they are brought before the Throne, safe from afflictions, illnesses, heat, and cold forever. Then the Almighty, the Glorious, says to the angels with him, 'Gather My friends to Paradise and do not leave them with the rest of the creation, for My pleasure for them has already occurred, and My mercy is obligatory upon them. How could I leave them with the people of both good and evil deeds?' Then the angels drive them to Paradise. When they reach the gate of the Greatest Paradise, the angels strike a ring; it screeches so its sound reaches every houri prepared by Allah for His friends in Paradise. Upon hearing this screech, the houris joyfully say to one another, 'The friends of Allah have come to us.' The gate opens for them to enter Paradise, and their spouses, both houris and human women, appear to welcome them saying, 'Welcome! Our longing for you was never stronger.' The friends of Allah respond similarly." Ali (peace be upon him) said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell us about 'Rooms above rooms built of what?'" He said, "O Ali, those rooms are built by Allah for His friends with pearls, rubies, and emeralds, their roofs gold embroidered with silver. Each room has a thousand golden doors, with an angel appointed to guard each door. The rooms are furnished with raised couches of silk and brocade in various colors, filled with musk, camphor, and amber. This is Allah's words: 'Raised couches when the believer is admitted to his place in Paradise, and a crown put on his head.' The believer is dressed in robes of gold, silver, rubies, and pearls inscribed in the crown beneath. He is clothed with seventy silk garments of various colors and patterns woven with gold, silver, pearls, and red rubies. Allah's words: 'They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments there will be silk.' When the believer sits on his couch, it trembles with joy, and once his place in Paradise is settled, the angel in charge of his gardens asks permission to congratulate him on Allah's favor. The servants of the believer, who are the pure and truthful, tell the angel, 'Your place is here, for the friend of Allah has reclined on his couch and his houri spouse is preparing for him, so be patient for the friend of Allah.' The houri wife emerges from her tent dressed in seventy gold and silver embroidered garments with pearls, rubies, and emeralds dyed with musk and amber in various colors. Her hair is visible behind these seventy garments, which measure seventy cubits in length and ten cubits in width between her shoulders. As she approaches her friend, the servants bring golden and silver pages studded with pearls, rubies, and emeralds, spreading them before her. Then the believer and his houri embrace, never tiring nor becoming weary." He said, "Abu Ja'far (peace be upon him) said, 'As for the mentioned gardens in the Book, they are the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Paradise, the Garden of Delight, and the Garden of Abode. Allah has gardens encircled by these gardens, and the believer will have whatever garden he desires to enjoy as he wills. Whatever the believer desires or wishes, his call therein is 'Glory to You, O Allah,' and as soon as he says it, the servants hasten to fulfill his desire without his command. That is Allah's saying, 'Their call therein will be, "Glory to You, O Allah," and their greeting therein will be peace,' meaning the servants. Their last call is, 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds,' said when they have finished their pleasures of intimacy, food, and drink, thanking Allah.' As to 'Them is known provision,' the servants know it and bring it to Allah's friends before they ask, and as to Allah's saying, 'Fruits, and they shall be honored,' they desire nothing therein but are honored with it.'"

• ✓ Sahih Muslim 38:18

  Sunni SAHIH

  Sahih Muslim · Book 38, Hadith 18 · Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah

  The Prophet (ﷺ) intended to forbid naming children as Ba'la, Barakah, Aflah, Yasaar, Nafi', or similar names. Then I saw him pause and say nothing more. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then passed away, and he did not forbid those names. Then Omar intended to forbid them, but he left it.