ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
عَبْدُ العَزِيْز
Say it ab-dul-a-ZEEZ
Servant of the Mighty
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-z-z
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulaziz, Abdul Aziz, Abdelaziz
Meaning & source
Servant of al-ʿAzīz, the Mighty: “al-ʿAzīz is among the attributes of Allah and His most beautiful names”.
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عزز: العَزِيزُ: مِنْ صِفَاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وأَسمائه الْحُسْنَى
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān, father of the caliph ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 4, p. 249 (entry 90)
Ruling
What the scholars said about this name
Names that make a child the servant (ʿabd) of one of Allah’s names are among the best names. Ibn al-Qayyim quotes Ibn Ḥazm: the scholars agree that names joined to Allah, such as ʿAbdullāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, are commendable. The Prophet ﷺ said the names most beloved to Allah are ʿAbdullāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Muslim 2132).
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اتَّفقُوا على اسْتِحْسَان الْأَسْمَاء المضافة إِلَى الله كَعبد الله وعب الرَّحْمَن وَمَا أشبه ذَلِك فقد اخْتلف الْفُقَهَاء فِي أحب الْأَسْمَاء إِلَى الله فَقَالَ الْجُمْهُور أحبها إِلَيْهِ عبد الله وَعبد الرَّحْم
General guidance, not a fatwa. Ask your imam about your own family.