ʿAbd al-Jabbār
عَبْدُ الجَبَّار
Say it ab-dul-jab-BAAR
Servant of the Compeller
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- j-b-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abduljabbar, Abdul Jabbar, Abdeljabbar
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Jabbār, the Compeller: “al-Jabbār is Allah, mighty is His name, who compels His creation to what He wills”.
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جبر: الجَبَّارُ: اللَّهُ عَزَّ اسْمُهُ الْقَاهِرُ خَلْقَهُ عَلَى مَا أَراد مِنْ أَمر وَنَهْيٍ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-ʿAlāʾ, the ḥadīth narrator al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 11, p. 401 (entry 89)
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.