First off, I apologize in advance if anything I say here is unitentionally offensive.
I've noticed a lot of people putting the letters "pbuh" after the Prophet's name when they talk on religion boards. I understand that this means "praise be upon him" or something similar.
My question is, are you really respecting and praising someone if you're taking a shortcut because you don't want to bother typing out your praise for them? I know a lot of Christians get upset when people write "Christmas" as "Xmas" because they say it's disrespectful to shorten Jesus Christ's name that way. I was just wondering if any of the local Muslims felt the same about "pbuh"?
2007-01-09 05:46:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you for an excellent question
Yes some scholars say it is bad adab ( manners) to use acronymns and not to write the whole salutation on any of the Prophets - there is less reward in it too
2007-01-09 05:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by shaybani_yusuf 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't like shortening anything either. I even started this HUGE debate about putting "Xmas" and not "Christmas". Because it's taking "Christ" out of "Christmas". And so, in my family, Christmas is about Christ, so to take "Christ" out of "Christmas" is very offensive!!
God Bless!!
2007-01-09 05:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by inlovew/jesus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well ummm actually its nuthin like dat
coz its necessary 2 say the whole thing wen u "speak" abt them
not wen ur typin
2007-01-09 06:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by NS 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋