Muṣʿab
مصعب
Say it MUS-ab
A stallion camel
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-ʿ-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Musab, Mus’ab, Mosab
Meaning & source
A stallion camel kept back from riding and work; Lisān says the man’s name comes from it.
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والمُصْعَبُ: الْفَحْلُ، وَبِهِ سُمِّيَ الرَّجُلُ مُصْعَباً.
Who carried this name
- Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr, the first teacher sent to Madinah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8020 (vol. 6, p. 98)