Muṭīʿah
مطيعة
Say it mu-ṬEE-ʿah
Obedient, willing
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ṭ-w-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Mutia, Mutiah, Muti'a
Meaning & source
Obedient, willing.
Ibn Ḥabīb, cited by Ibn Ḥajar, says her name had been ʿĀṣiyah (“disobedient”) and the Prophet ﷺ named her Muṭīʿah; no chain is given for it.
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وَرَجُلٌ طائِعٌ وطاعٍ مَقْلُوبٌ، كِلَاهُمَا: مُطِيعٌ كَقَوْلِهِمْ عاقَني عائِقٌ وعاقٍ، وَلَا فِعْل لطاعٍ؛
Who carried this name
- Muṭīʿah bint al-Nuʿmān al-Anṣāriyyah Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11756 (vol. 8, p. 316)