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Do religious terms like "Mecca" or "Islamic Bank" take the ruling of the names of Allah and the prophets in terms of the obligation to protect them from desecration when disposing of them, and is it obligatory to change the name of an electronic file containing a religious term before deleting it?

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Respecting anything that contains the names of Allah Almighty and the names of the Messengers is obligatory by consensus, based on His (Allah's) saying: "That [is so]. And whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allah - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord." (Quran 22:30), and "That [is so]. And whoever honors the symbols of Allah - indeed, it is from the piety of hearts." (Quran 22:32). This also includes everything that the has glorified, such as names glorified by the Sharia (like Makkah, Madinah, and the word 'Islam'). It is obligatory to respect everything written, due to the sanctity of letters according to some scholars. As for the recycle bin on computer screens, it does not take the ruling of a real waste bin, and it is not obligatory to change the file name before deleting it into it.

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