ʿAbd al-Razzāq
عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاق
Say it ab-dur-raz-ZAAQ
Servant of the Provider
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-z-q
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdurrazzaq, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Razak
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Razzāq, the Provider: “al-Rāziq and al-Razzāq are among the attributes of Allah, because He provides for all creation”.
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رزق: الرازقُ والرّزَّاقُ: فِي صِفَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لأَنه يَرزُق الْخَلْقَ أَجمعين، وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الأَرْزاق وأَعطى الْخَلَائِقَ أَرزاقها وأَوصَلها إِلَيْهِمْ، وفَعّال مِنْ أَبنية المُبالغة
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Hammām al-Ṣanʿānī, the ḥadīth master al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 9, p. 563 (entry 220)
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.