Najīḥ
نجيح
Say it na-JEEH
Success in a thing
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- n-j-ḥ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Najih, Najeeh, Necih
Meaning & source
Successful: najāḥ is success in a thing (Lisān).
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نجح: النُّجحُ والنَّجاحُ: الظَّفَرُ بالشيءِ.
Who carried this name
- Abū Maʿshar Najīḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sindī, the historian al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 165 (vol. 7, p. 435)
Ruling
What the scholars said about this name
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not name your servant boy Yasār, Rabāḥ, Najīḥ or Aflaḥ, for you will ask, ‘Is he there?’, and when he is not, the answer will be ‘No’” (Muslim 2137).
General guidance, not a fatwa. Ask your imam about your own family.