ʿAbd al-Majīd
عَبْدُ المَجِيْد
Say it ab-dul-ma-JEED
Servant of the Glorious
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- m-j-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulmajid, Abdul Majid, Abdelmajid, Abdul Majeed
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Majīd, the Glorious: “al-Majīd is among the attributes of Allah”.
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والمجيدُ: مِنْ صفاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Majīd ibn Suhayl al-Zuhrī, the ḥadīth narrator al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 6, p. 204 (entry 97)
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.