Fatwa ID: 01679

Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Question:

What is the Ismul Azam of my name

 Answer:

From the blessed names of Allah there are some names which have a distinct virtue or quality that if a supplication is made using these words, the supplication will be accepted. They are called Ismul Azam. (Sharah Sunan Ibn Majah p.238 v.3)

Saaiduna Abu Umamah says that the Prophet of Allah has said that Ismul Azam (the greatest name of Allah ) through which Allah fulfils people’s needs is contained in Surah Baqarah., Al-Imran and Tahaa.  Saaiduna Abu Umamah says that when he searched for Ismul Azam in Baqarah he found it to be in Ayatul Kursi.  And when he searched in Surah Al-Imran he found it to be the words:

ALLAHU LAA ILAHAA ILLA HU.  AL-HAYYUL-QAYYUM

Allah! There is no good but He.  The living; The Self-subsisting eternal.  (Surah Al-Imran v.2)

And in Surah Tahaa he found it to be the words:

WA ANATIL WUJUHU LIL HAYYUL QAYYUM

And all faces shall be humbled before Al-Hayyul Qayym.  (Surah Tahaa v.111)

From the aforementioned information we can derive that Ismul Azam are the blessed names of Allah and cannot be found in individual’s name.

Only Allah Knows Best

Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham