Is "The Innovator" (Al-Mubdi') among Allah's Most Beautiful Names or His Attributes, and is it permissible to be named with it?
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"Al-Mubdi‘" (the Innovator/Creator) is not a name or attribute of Allah the Almighty, because it has not been mentioned in the Quran or , and the names and attributes of Allah are determined by divine revelation (tawqifiyyah). What has been mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah is "Badī‘us-samāwāti wal-ard" (Originator of the heavens and the earth), meaning their Creator and Initiator, and this is not among the Beautiful Names of Allah. It is permissible to bestow the title "al-mubdi‘" upon any person.
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