What is the ruling on using the word "برب" (BRB - Be Right Back) in conversations, and is it forbidden because it might anger Allah Almighty, especially given the evidence from the verse "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of Daybreak" (Qur'an 113:1), which indicates that "Lord" (رب) is one of Allah's Beautiful Names?
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The word "brb" is not beneficial speech, nor is it permissible to worship with it or claim that it assuages the Lord's wrath. A Muslim should worship through the established supplications and invocations () authentically transmitted in the texts of revelation, or through reciting the Qur'an, or through seeking knowledge.
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