ʿAbd al-Raḥīm
عَبْدُ الرَّحِيْم
Say it ab-dur-ra-HEEM
Servant of the Most Merciful
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-ḥ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdurrahim, Abdul Rahim, Abderrahim, Abdul Raheem
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Raḥīm, the Most Merciful: a name of Allah from raḥmah, mercy.
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وَاللَّهُ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ: بُنِيَتِ الصِّفَةُ الأُولى عَلَى فَعْلانَ لأَن مَعْنَاهُ الْكَثْرَةُ، وَذَلِكَ لأَن رَحْمَتَهُ وسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ، فأَما الرَّحِيمُ فإِنما ذُكِرَ بَعْدَ الرَّحْمن لأَن الرَّحْمن مَقْصُو
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn Sulaymān al-Rāzī, the ḥadīth narrator al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 8, p. 357 (entry 101)
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.