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**arrendabomnem** · 07-24-2012, 03:52 AM

Well people can be kareem (generous) right? Its just that their generosity is not the same as Allahs, as they are not infinitely kareem.
You can apply this to almost every name of Allah.

But we should not say 'al-Kareem' rather we should just say 'Kareem' if we're referring to people, because 'al-kareem' is exclusively for Allah.

The Alif Lam (Lam Ta'reef) in "Akhi al-Kareem" isn't to say "My Brother The Kareem" if that is what you have understood, rather it is translated as "My Generous Brother", other forumlas are used like: Akhi al-Fadhil, Akhi al-'Azeez, Akhi al-Habeeb etc.

So those who say: "Ramadhan Kareem (Trans: Ramadhan is Generous) is incorrect because Allah is Kareem / Akram and not Ramadhan" though essentially true have in reality misunderstood people's intentions, because of the fact we use it for people without thinking twice. Furthermore Allah has made the month of Ramadhan a very generous one, by making our Nawafil Ibadah equal to a Fardh act and our Fardh acts equal that of 70 and the Night of Qadr being Afdhal than Alfi Shahr (Thousand Months), in other words we are getting rewards without Hisaab (Bi-Ghayri Hisaab).

This is why i feel that Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen's (Rahimahullah) fatwa is a bit excess and should not be acted upon.

Wallahu A'lam

07-24-2012, 03:52 AM	#9
arrendabomnem Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	Well people can be kareem (generous) right? Its just that their generosity is not the same as Allahs, as they are not infinitely kareem. You can apply this to almost every name of Allah. But we should not say 'al-Kareem' rather we should just say 'Kareem' if we're referring to people, because 'al-kareem' is exclusively for Allah. The Alif Lam (Lam Ta'reef) in "Akhi al-Kareem" isn't to say "My Brother The Kareem" if that is what you have understood, rather it is translated as "My Generous Brother", other forumlas are used like: Akhi al-Fadhil, Akhi al-'Azeez, Akhi al-Habeeb etc. So those who say: "Ramadhan Kareem (Trans: Ramadhan is Generous) is incorrect because Allah is Kareem / Akram and not Ramadhan" though essentially true have in reality misunderstood people's intentions, because of the fact we use it for people without thinking twice. Furthermore Allah has made the month of Ramadhan a very generous one, by making our Nawafil Ibadah equal to a Fardh act and our Fardh acts equal that of 70 and the Night of Qadr being Afdhal than Alfi Shahr (Thousand Months), in other words we are getting rewards without Hisaab (Bi-Ghayri Hisaab). This is why i feel that Sh. Ibn 'Uthaymeen's (Rahimahullah) fatwa is a bit excess and should not be acted upon. Wallahu A'lam
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