ʿAbd al-Malik
عَبْدُ المَلِك
Say it ab-dul-MA-lik
Servant of the King
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- m-l-k
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulmalik, Abdul Malik, Abdelmalek
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Malik, the King, a name of Allah: “al-Malik is Allah, King of kings” (al-Layth, in Lisān).
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ملك: اللَّيْثُ: المَلِكُ هُوَ الله، تعالى ونقدّس، مَلِكُ المُلُوك لَهُ المُلْكُ وَهُوَ مَالِكُ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ وَهُوَ مَلِيكُ الْخَلْقِ أَيْ رَبُّهُمْ وَمَالِكُهُمْ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān, the Umayyad caliph al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 4, p. 246 (entry 89)
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.