ʿAbd al-Qādir
عَبْدُ القَادِر
Say it ab-dul-QAA-dir
Servant of the All-Powerful
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- q-d-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulqadir, Abdul Qadir, Abdelkader, Abdul Kadir
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Qādir, the All-Powerful: “al-Qadīr and al-Qādir are among the attributes of Allah”.
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قدر: القَدِيرُ والقادِرُ: مِنْ صِفَاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَكُونَانِ مِنَ القُدْرَة وَيَكُونَانِ مِنَ التَّقْدِيرِ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlī (al-Jīlānī), the shaykh of Baghdad al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 20, p. 439 (entry 286)
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.