ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd
عَبْدُ الحَمِيْد
Say it ab-dul-ha-MEED
Servant of the Praiseworthy
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-m-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulhamid, Abdul Hamid, Abdelhamid, Abdul Hameed
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Ḥamīd, the Praiseworthy: “al-Ḥamīd is among the attributes of Allah, meaning the One praised in every state”.
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وَالْحَمِيدُ: مِنْ صِفَاتِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَتَقَدَّسَ بِمَعْنَى الْمَحْمُودِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الأَسماء الْحُسْنَى فَعِيلٌ بِمَعْنَى مَحْمُودٍ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn al-Khaṭṭāb al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 5, p. 149 (entry 51)
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.