Fariq Naik – Using the Numerical Values of Letters instead of Letters

			I am Mateen from Afghanistan.
		

			Greetings to you. Is it permissible to write
		

			786 instead of Bismillah
		

			or instead of Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem? In the
		

			Arabic language,
		

			the Arabic alphabets and letters are called as
		

			And
		

			certain people
		

			way after our beloved prophet Muhammad, peace be
		

			upon him, and the Sahaba,
		

			they came up with certain numerical values for
		

			these Arabic letters and alphabets.
		

			So for example, for alif, the numerical value
		

			is 1. For ba, the numerical value is
		

			2. For jim, it is 3. For sin,
		

			it is a particular numerical value and so
		

			on and so forth.
		

			But
		

			this was
		

			introduced by certain people, not by authentic scholars,
		

			not by the classical scholars,
		

			not by scholars who understand the religion of
		

			Islam, but by certain people
		

			who just came up with these numerical values
		

			thinking that it will be easy to write
		

			it as a short form.
		

			Writing 786 instead of
		

			It
		

			is not
		

			established
		

			from the glorious Quran nor from the authentic
		

			sayings of our beloved prophet Muhammad, peace be
		

			upon. Neither did the sahabas
		

			talk about this or mention
		

			this figure of 786.
		

			Neither did the classical scholars mention regarding this.
		

			So certain people, they came up with this
		

			afterwards. And when you add up all of
		

			this, for example, ba has a particular value,
		

			seen has a particular value, meme has a
		

			particular value. When you add all of the
		

			letters Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, the total comes up
		

			to 786.
		

			There is no basis for this.
		

			This should not be done. It has no
		

			basis from the glorious Quran nor
		

			does it have any basis from the authentic
		

			teachings of our beloved prophet Muhammad, peace be
		

			upon him. And if you add these numerical
		

			values, it can mean something bad as well.
		

			So if you want to write Bismillah rahman
		

			al Rahim, you either write Bismillah or you
		

			either write Bismillah rahman al Rahim, But you
		

			should avoid
		

			writing 786.
		

			It is not based
		

			on any words of the glorious Quran. It's
		

			not mentioned anywhere the glorious Quran nor in
		

			any authentic hadith of our beloved prophet Muhammad.
		

			May peace and blessings be upon him so
		

			this should not be done. I hope that
		

			answers your question.