ʿAbd al-Wahhāb
عَبْدُ الوَهَّاب
Say it ab-dul-wah-HAAB
Servant of the Bestower
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- w-h-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulwahhab, Abdul Wahab, Abdelwahab
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Wahhāb, the Bestower: “among the names of Allah is al-Wahhāb”, the One who gives freely.
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وَهَبَ: فِي أَسماءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: الوَهَّابُ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Thaqafī, the ḥadīth narrator al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 9, p. 237 (entry 67)
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.