Muṭṭalib
مطلب
Say it mut-TA-lib
One who seeks
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṭ-l-b
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Muttalib, Mutalib
Meaning & source
One who seeks: al-muṭṭalib is mutaṭallib, from ṭalab, seeking (Lisān).
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والمُطَّلِبُ أَصلهُ: مُتْطَلِبٌ فأُدْغِمَتِ التَّاءُ فِي الطَّاءِ، وشُدِّدَت، فَقِيلَ: مُطَّلِب، وَاسْمُهُ عَامِرٌ.
Who carried this name
- al-Muṭṭalib ibn Abī Wadāʿah al-Sahmī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8046 (vol. 6, p. 104)