KNOWLEDGE

THE NAMES OF ALLAH AL-HAAFIDH AL-HAFEEDH are mentioned four times in the Qur’an. Al-Haafidh is mentioned once and Al-Hafeedh three times.

WHO IS AL-HAAFIDH AL-HAFEEDH?

• AL-HAFEEDH preserves all information by His knowledge. Forgetfulness is negated from Him. Nothing is absent and nothing is hidden from Him.
• He preserves the deeds of His creation, enumerates their utterances, and knows their intentions. He has written everything in the Preserved Tablet. In addition, He has entrusted angels as noble scribes to preserve the deeds of His slaves.
• AL-HAAFIDH protects all His creation in the heavens and earth so they may remain for the period of their existence. He protects the sky from falling on the earth.
• His protection encompasses the responsibility He has taken for preserving His Mighty Book. There are no additions or deletions from it, and anyone who attempts to distort the Qur’an will be immediately exposed.
• GENERAL PROTECTION: He protects His creation by facilitating food, drink and air. This protection includes both good and evil-doers, as well as animals. He has entrusted angels to protect humans by His command.
• SPECIAL PROTECTION: This protection is for the believers. Allah protects their faith from doubts, trials and temptations. He protects them from their enemies of Jinn and mankind and by repelling the plots of their enemies.
• Allah’s defense of the slave is according to the state of his belief. Guard Allah’s commands and He will guard you. This means to guard His commandments by acting upon them, His prohibitions by abstaining from them and the limits He has set by not transgressing them. If one does this, Allah will protect him, his religion, wealth, children and all that He has granted them of His bounty.

IMPACTS

• To guard our tawheed from doubts and shirk. To guard our wudhu (a believer maintains his wudhu). To guard the prayers and especially the ‘asr. To guard our eyes, limbs, chastity and honor from anything indecent. To guard our promises.
• Ask Allah to protect your faith, heart, mind, body, health, home, family and wealth.

IN THE QUR’AN

قَالَ هَلْ آمَنُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَمَا أَمِنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبْلُ فَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ

“He said: "Can I entrust him to you except as I entrusted his brother [Yusuf (Joseph)] to you aforetime? But Allah is the Best to guard, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.”

[Surah Yusuf [12:64]]

وَمَا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِالْآخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِي شَكٍّ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَفِيظٌ

“And he (Iblis - Satan) had no authority over them, except that We might test him who believes in the Hereafter who is in doubt about it. And your Lord is Preserver over everything.”

[Surah Saba [34:21]]