There is no harm in carrying the name 'Baasit'

9-9-2013 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamo alikum Brother, My name is Basit Minhas and i am from Pakistan.Unfortunately my parents named me Basit Minhas without using Abdul.Now i am named Basit minhas on all my official Documents and all my family members and friends call me Basit without saying Abdul.Kindly tell me is there any sin or not because i heard that some names of Allah can be used without using Abdul. Is "Basit" one of those.Because if have to change my name officially it will be a lot of work to change on all my documents and people know me by Basit.And will I be questioned on day of judgement if i say people to call me Abdul basit but still they call me Basit.Kindly reply me brother anxiously waiting for your reply. jazakallah.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

There is nothing wrong with having the name of Baasit. That is because it is permissible to have one of the names that are common between Allaah and His creation. This is proved by the approval of the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, of some of the names of the Companions that are used for Allaah such as ‘Ali and Hakeem. Also, Baasit can be added to them.

It was stated in Ad-Durr Al-Mukhtaar by Al-Haskafi: "It is permissible to have the names 'Ali and Rasheed, which are common (between Allaah The Almighty and people). That is because their meanings concerning us (human beings) are different from their meanings concerning Allaah The Almighty." [End quote]

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Allaah Knows best.