While it is used as an abbreviation of the opening statement of Quran 'bism illāh ir-raḥmān ir-raḥīm' meaning 'In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful', it is argued that converting this lofty expression into numerals is rather an absurd practice. It is also said that the Quran or the Sunnah does not approve of using this number and therefore this practice goes against the teachings of Islam and those of the prophet. Some devout and orthodox Muslims do not support this practice and even condemn it vehemently stating that some numerals can never equate the Holy name of Allah. ![]() We do not find the practice of using this number as a substitute for the term Bismillah among the Imams and Jurists. It needs to be noted that this tradition started much later during the Abbasid period and not during the times of the Prophet. More astonishing is that fact that ‘786’ is an aggregation of the numbers of Hindu ‘Lord Hari Krishna’. This method is followed in order to avoid writing the holy name on ordinary papers. ![]() Therefore, some Muslims in Pakistan and India use the number 786 as a substitute to Bismillah meaning Allah.
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