ʿAbd al-Ṣamad
عَبْدُ الصَّمَد
Say it ab-dus-SA-mad
Servant of the Eternal Refuge
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-m-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdussamad, Abdul Samad, Abdessamad
Meaning & source
Servant of al-Ṣamad, the Eternal Refuge: “one of His attributes, because all affairs are referred to Him and none decides them but He”.
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خُذْها حُذَيفُ، فأَنْتَ السَّيِّدُ الصَّمَدُ والصَّمَد: مِنْ صِفَاتِهِ تَعَالَى وَتَقَدَّسَ لأَنه أُصْمِدَتْ إِليه الأُمور فَلَمْ يَقْضِ فِيهَا غيره
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn ʿAbd al-Wārith, the ḥadīth narrator al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 9, p. 516 (entry 198)
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.