Rabāḥ
رباح
Say it ra-BAAH
Profit, gain
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- r-b-ḥ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Rabah, Rabaah
Meaning & source
Gain: ribḥ and rabāḥ are growth in trade (Lisān).
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ربح: الرِّبْح والرَّبَحُ «٣» والرَّباحُ: النَّماء فِي التَّجْر.
Who carried this name
- Rabāḥ, a freedman of the Prophet ﷺ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 2571 (vol. 2, p. 377)
Ruling
What the scholars said about this name
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do not name your servant boy Yasār, Rabāḥ, Najīḥ or Aflaḥ, for you will ask, ‘Is he there?’, and when he is not, the answer will be ‘No’” (Muslim 2137; also 2136).
General guidance, not a fatwa. Ask your imam about your own family.