Is it permissible to describe a deceased Muslim as "al-halik" (the perished/doomed)?
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It is permissible to describe a deceased Muslim as "halik" (perished), for the perished is the dead. This description has been mentioned in the Holy Quran, as in the verse: "If a man dies, having no child."
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