Question:

Is it permissible to call an Aalim a) Qiblah, b) Huzoor?

Answer:

 Fatwaa no.  165/04

1. It is not permissible to call an Aalim Qiblah because Qiblah is generally to Baitullah.  (Fataawaa Rashidiyyah, Page 553)

2. According to the dictionary, Hazrat is a term used to maintain respect, that is why it is permissible to call and Aalim Hazrat, since there is no prohibition in Shari’ah to give him such a name.  (Al-Qamoosul Waheed, Vol. 1, Page 350)

Our pious predecessors used to address each other in their respective categories with this title Hazrat.

And Allah Ta’ala knows best

Nezaam bin Yahya Ali

Attested to as correct by:

Mufti Muhammad Ashraf

Darul Iftaa

Jameah Mahmoodiyah

Springs

www.mahmoodiyah.org.za

jameah@worldonline.co.za

22 June 2004

03 Jumaadul Oola 1425

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