The ruling on certain forms of address such as “Qibla and Ka‘ba”
Question
Question: Forms of address (titles) such as: (1) “Qibla and Ka‘ba”, (2) “Qibla of the world”, (3) “Physician of the Umma” (hakim al-umma), (4) “Physician of Islam” (hakim al-islam), (5) “Ka‘ba of both worlds”, (6) “Qibla of the two worlds, success of the two abodes”, (7) “Qibla of life’s aim”, (8) “Most exalted Hazrat” (a‘la hazrat)
Answer
Praising one’s elders — especially those elders from whom one has received spiritual benefit — is natural and an acknowledgement of kindness, which is a cause of good and progress. But going beyond the limit and praising wrongly is forbidden. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade exaggeration in praise even with regard to himself. Therefore titles (1), (2), (5), (6) and (7)
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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