What is the ruling on being named with pseudonyms that include the word "عاشق" (lover/adorer) and its derivatives in forums?
'Ishq (passionate love/infatuation) is an excess in love, and it can exist in both the chastity and the promiscuity of love. Its origin lies in a man being infatuated with a woman.
Ibn al-Qayyim said: 'Ishq and (polytheism) are inextricably linked. Allah has related it concerning the polytheists from the people of Lut, and concerning the wife of Al-Aziz.
Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd mentioned that most scholars prohibit applying this term ('Ishq) to Allah or His Messenger, contrary to the Sufis.
As for love for countries and other things, it is more appropriate to express it with the word 'Hubb' (love) rather than 'Ishq', just as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said regarding Makkah: "How goodly a land you are and how beloved you are to me," and his saying: "Uhud is a mountain that loves us and we love it."
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