Is it permissible to name his daughter Tabaarak?

Question What is the ruling on using the name Tabaarak?. Praise be to Allah. It seems that it is not permissible to give the name Tabaarak to any created being, because it is an attribute that belongs only to Allaah, may He be exalted. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: As…

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What is the ruling on using the name Tabaarak?.

Praise be to Allah.

It seems that it is not permissible to give the name Tabaarak
to any created being, because it is an attribute that belongs only to
Allaah, may He be exalted.

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

As for His attribute Tabaarak, it is His alone, as He has
attributed it to Himself. End quote.

Badaa’i’ al-Fawaa’id
(2/185).

Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen al-Shanqeeti said, after quoting
opinions about the meaning of Tabaarak:

It seems that the meaning of Tabaarak from a linguistic point
of view is that it is derived from the word barakah (blessing), as was
stated by Ibn Jareer al-Tabari. Based on that, the meaning of Tabaarak is an
abundance of blessings and goodness from Him, which implies His greatness
and holiness, being far removed from anything that does not befit His
perfection and majesty, because the One from Whom blessing and goodness come
and who bestows provision upon people is the only One Who is great and
deserves to be worshipped alone. The one from whom no blessing or goodness
or provision comes, such as the idols and all those who are worshipped
instead of Allaah cannot be rightfully worshipped and worshipping them is
kufr which will doom a person to Hell for eternity.

The word Tabaraak appears in the past tense and it is not
possible to form a present tense or verbal noun or active participle etc
from it. It is one of the attributes which belong only to Allaah, so it
cannot be said of anyone else, which is different from the view of
al-Asma’i. The word Tabaarak is used by the Arabs to refer only to Allaah
and this is known in their language. End quote.

Adwa’ al-Bayaan (6/262, 263).

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez al-Salmaan (may Allaah have mercy on
him) said:

Barakah is an attribute that is ascribed to Him as mercy and
might are ascribed to Him, and the verb derived from it is Tabaarak, hence
it cannot be said of anyone other than Him, may He be glorified and exalted.
For He is al-Mubaarik (the giver of blessing) and His slave and Messenger is
al-Mubaarak (the one who is blessed), as the Messiah said:
“And He has made me blessed” [Maryam 19:31].
The one whom Allaah blesses is blessed (mubaarak), but as an attribute it
applies only to Him, as He has said of Himself:
“Blessed is Allaah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that
exists)” [al-A’raaf 7:54]. End quote.

Al-Kawaashif al-Jalliyyah Sharh al-‘Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah
(p. 283).

Based on this, it is not permissible to ascribe this
attribute to anyone except Allaah, may He be exalted, because it belongs
only to Him.

And Allaah knows best.

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