Calling someone "Aaqa" or "Maalik"
Question
Calling someone "Aaqa" or "Maalik", is that shirk?
Answer
In the general usage this word is equivalent to the word "sir". Hence if this meaning is intended, then it is not shirk.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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