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What is the meaning of "Rasheed"?  Does it mean "guided" or "the one who guides"?  As the scale of the word is fa'eel, and a word on the scale of fa'eel can take the meaning of the maf'ool (like habeeb which means mahboob) or the faa'il (like samee' which means saami'), and sometimes both.

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إن هي إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان "They are but names you have given them, you and your fathers, that which Allaah did not send down any authority for."

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فصح أنه لا يحل لأحد أن يسمي الله تعالى إلا بما سمى به نفسه "Then it is correct (to say) that it is not permissible for anyone to name Allaah the Exalted except with what He has named Himself." [Al-Muhallaa, 8/183, tahqeeq Ahmad Shaakir].

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أن الصحابة وعلماء الإسلام حين عددوا الأسماء ذكروا المشتق والمضاف والمطلق في مساق واحد إجراء على الأصل ونبذاً للقاعدة النحوية "Verily the Companions and the scholars of Islaam, when they counted the names, they mentioned the mushtaqq, the mudhaaf, and the mutlaq all in one context, going by the base rule, and implementing the grammar principle." [Ahkaam Al-Qur'aan 2/273, Daar Al-Kitaab Al-'Arabee]

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إن الصفة إذا كانت منقسمة إلى كمال ونقص لم تدخل بمطلقها في أسمائه بل يطلق عليه منها كمالها، وهذا كالمريد والفاعل والصانع، فإن هذه الألفاظ لا تدخل في أسمائه، ولهذا غلط من سماه بالصانع عند الإطلاق. "Verily when an attribute can be divided into one of perfection (at times) and one of deficiency (at times), then it is not considered one of Allaah's Names when mentioned generally, rather He is to be referred to by it only when it refers to perfection.  This goes for "Al-Mureed", "Al-Faa'il", and "As-Saani'", since verily these phrases are not to be considered from His Names.  Based on this, those who affirmed the Name "Saani'" for Him in an unrestricted way have erred." [Mukhtasir As-Sawaa'iq, 2/34, Daar Al-Fikr]

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ومن هنا يتبين لك ما ذكرنا من النظر في بعض ما عدَّه ابن العربي، فإن الفاعل والزارع إذا أطلقا بدون متعلق ولا سياق يدل على وصف الكمال فيهما فلا يفيدون مدحاً.  أما في سياقها من الآيات التي ذُكرت فيها فهي صفات كمال ومدح وتوحيد، كما قال تعالى: ( كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْداً عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ )، وقال تعالى: ( أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا تَحْرُثُونَ  أَأَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ ) الآيات بخلاف ما إذا عُدَّتْ مجرَّدةً عن متعلقاتها وما سيقتْ فيه وله.  وأكبر مصيبة أن عُدَّ في الأسماء الحسنى رابع ثلاثة وسادس خمسة مصرحاً قبل ذلك بقوله: وفي سورة المجادلة اسمان فذكرهما.  وهذا خطأ فاحش، فإن الآية لا تدل على ذلك ولا تقتضيه بوجه لا منطوقاً ولامفهوماً، فإن الله عز وجل قال: ( أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَى ثَلاَثَةٍ إِلاَّ هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلاَ خَمْسَةٍ إِلاَّ هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلاَ أَدْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلاَ أَكْثَرَ إِلاَّ هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَمَا كَانُواْ ) الآية.  وأين في هذا السياق رابع ثلاثة وسادس خمسة؟  وكان حقه اللائق بمراده أن يقول: رابع كل ثلاثة في نجواهم وسادس كل خمسة كذلك، فإنه تعالى يعلم أفعالهم ويسمع أقوالهم كما هو مفهوم من صدر الآية، ولكن لا يليق بهذا المعنى إلا سياق الآية، والله تعالى أعلم. "From here, what I have mentioned should become clear to you by looking at some of Ibn Al-'Arabee listed (as the Names of Allaah).  For verily, Al-Faa'il and Az-Zaari', when they are mentioned generally in no specific context that shows they are attributes of perfection, then they are not understood as any kind of praise.  As for the context they have been mentioned in within the Verses, then they are attributes of perfection, praise, and tawheed, as Allaah says: "Just as We started the first creation, We will repeat it, a promise upon Us (to fulfill), verily We are Faa'ileen (We will do it)." [Al-Ambiyaa':104] And Allaah says: "Do you then see what you harvest?  Are you the ones who cultivate it, or are We the cultivators?" [Al-Waaqi'ah:63-64] The Verses are contrary to their being mentioned without that which is related to them and their context.  And the biggest calamity is that "Raabi' Ath-Thalaathah" and "Saadis Al-Khamsah" have been listed amongst Allaah's beautiful Names, and he stated clearly prior to mentioning them, "And there are two names in Soorah Al-Mujaadilah," and then he mentioned them.  This is an obscene mistake, since verily the Verse does not prove that, nor does it denote that in any way, not literally, nor as something understood from the Verse.   For verily, Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: "Do you not see that Allaah knows all that is in the Heavens and all that is on Earth?  There is no private gathering of three except that He is the fourth of them; and no five except that He is the sixth of them; and no less than that, and no more than that, except that He is with them wherever they are." [Al-Mujaadilah:8] So then where in this context is "Raabi' Ath-Thalaathah" or "Saadis Al-Khamsah"?  Based on what he intended, he would have rightly said: The fourth of every three who gather privately, the sixth of every five, etc.  For verily He, the Exalted, knows about their actions and hears their statements, as is understood from the beginning of the Verse, however it is not befitting to mention this meaning except within  the context of this Verse, and Allaah the Most High knows best.  [Ma'aarij Al-Qabool, 1/119]

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فَذُوقُوا بِمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا إِنَّا نَسِينَاكُمْ "So taste (the punishment of the Hellfire), since you forgot about the meeting on this day of yours, verily We have forgotten you!" [Sajdah:14]

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( قُلْ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ رَبِّيَ الفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَالإِثْمَ وَالبَغْيَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَأَنْ تُشْرِكُواْ بِاللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِهِ سُلْطَاناً وَأَنْ تَقُولُواْ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ ) "Say: Verily my Lord has prohibited lewdness, that which is committed openly and in secret, sins (in general), oppression with no right, that you make shirk with Allaah in a way that He sent down no authority, and that you speak about Allaah with what you do not know." [A'raaf:33]

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ومن أسماء الله ما يكون مضافاً مثل: مالك الملك وذي الجلال والإكرام. "Furthermore, there are other Names of Allaah that are mudhaaf, Maalikul-Mulk and Thul-Jalaali wal-Ikraam." [Al-Qawaa'id Al-Muthlaa, p.48, English translation, p.36]