ANSWERED: Replacing Certain terms

[Hypermodestmuslima]

One of my teachers told me that it would be respectful to replace Allah with All-h and God with G-d, that leaving a letter takes away the full word. Thus if the article is thrown aside then it will not be as disrespectful.
Just wanted to know if that is the case...pls answer asap...

jazakallah khair

[salman]

Salamu Alaikum

As far as my knowledge serves me, there is no problem with that and it avoids possible disrespect to Allahs name. It is also common to write "Bismihi" i.e. "In His Name" rather then "Bismillah" (In the Name of Allah) for the same purpose when starting a letter or an article.

[Silver Sparrow]

God with G-d

Isnt that what the jews do? Cos now I'm just thinking if that would come under imitating them...?

[Hypermodestmuslima]

Replacing Allah with All-h, Muhammad with Muham-d...to...and pls consider Sister Samirah's bit too...still curious. (the essay was postponed...so its not been handed in as yet)

[abdul518ca]

On MANY Jewish sites you see the word 'God' as "G-d'. I think this is an order from their scholars. So it's sort of like imitating them.

[Hypermodestmuslima]

So, is it right or not?

I'm guessing no. But please clarify.

[salman]

On MANY Jewish sites you see the word 'God' as "G-d'. I think this is an order from their scholars. So it's sort of like imitating them.

Salamu Alaikum

According to my theological lessons, the reason why jews do that is due to the Sacredness of Gods name and incomprehension of His immense rank and power.

Ive seen it in some of the Jewish sacred texts, but it is not something endorsed by the whole Jewish community - there is quite alot of disagreement on this point among them.

Would it come under "imitation"? I dont really know, it would be best to ask a scholar although i dont see anything wrong with it intention wise. Maybe you could other terms for Allah and the Prophet - such as "He" or "The One most High" and "The best of creation" and make a footnote in the beginning saying this refers to so and so.

Wasalam

[Silver Sparrow]

The thing is, God isnt one of Allah's names.. so the question is, would there be any point in changing it to G-d?
(sorry one more thing now that we're on the subject: what about when someone has the name Abdur-rahman, Abdullah, or Abdu[any other attribute of Allah], does it become necessary to bury any paper that has such a name on it? ie treat with same respect as Allah's name alone)

[eat-halal guy]

1. Bismihi, when replacing Bismillah, actually makes literal sense, as opposed to All-h, G-d, etc., which essentially renders the word literally meaningless.

2. Mufti Yusuf believes that replacing letters with dashes is a form of disrespect in itself, as it is the disfiguring of the word that refers to Allah's name in a given context.


Allah knows best.

Wassalam,
Ziad