The Best Names and the Rulings on Naming Children
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Question:
He asks about the best names, saying that they are those containing "Hamd" (praise) and "Abd" (servant). Did this come in a report? And what are the best names from the perspective of fathers for them to choose for their sons?
Answer:
The hadith is not in this wording; the hadith is in the wording: "The best of names areSunan Abi Dawud 4950." The father should choose a good name for his son and avoid a bad name, such as Hanzalah, 'Uqlamah, Harb, and the like. This is disliked. Rather, he should name him with a good name. It is forbidden to name a child as a servant of anyone other than Allah, such as 'Abd al-Husayn, 'Abd al-Nabi, 'Abd al-Rasul, 'Abd al-Amir, and the like. This is forbidden. Yes.
He asks about the best names, saying that they are those containing "Hamd" (praise) and "Abd" (servant). Did this come in a report? And what are the best names from the perspective of fathers for them to choose for their sons?
Answer:
The hadith is not in this wording; the hadith is in the wording: "The best of names are
Abdullah and AbdurRahman, the truest are Harith and Hammam
عبد الله وعبد الرحمن، وأصدقها حارث وهمام
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/277 — archive.org (3:58)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
