Fāḍilah
فاضلة
Say it FAA-ḍi-lah
Excellent, of merit
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- f-ḍ-l
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Fadila, Fadilah, Fazila
Meaning & source
Of merit and excellence: faḍl is the opposite of falling short, and a fāḍil person has it (Lisān).
Ibn Ḥajar notes that her name is disputed.
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فضل: الفَضْل والفَضِيلة مَعْرُوفٌ: ضدُّ النَّقْص والنَّقِيصة، وَالْجَمْعُ فُضُول؛
Who carried this name
- Fāḍilah al-Anṣāriyyah, wife of ʿAbdullāh ibn Unays, who narrated a sermon of the Prophet ﷺ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11586 (vol. 8, p. 262)