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Is it permissible to hang plaques in mosques with the name "Allah" written on the right side and "Muhammad" on the left side?

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There is no legal impediment to hanging the Beautiful Names of Allah, His Quranic verses, and the names of the prophets in a respectful place. However, the name of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, should not be placed with the name of Allah the Almighty on a single plaque, especially if this might suggest equality between the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and Allah the Almighty in love and veneration. This is because it implies making the Prophet an equal to Allah, as narrated by Imam Ahmad from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that a man said: "Whatever Allah wills and you will," whereupon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Have you made me an equal to Allah? [Say] whatever Allah alone wills." The love of Allah and His Messenger is an obligation, and Allah has joined His name with the name of His Prophet in many places, but the love of a created being does not equal the love and vener veneration of the Creator.

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