ʿUbādah
عبادة
Say it u-BAA-dah
Worship and servanthood
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-b-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Ubada, Ubadah, Obada
Meaning & source
From the root of worship and servanthood (ʿibādah).
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قَالَ: وَلَا يُقَالُ عَبَدَ يَعْبُدُ عِبادة إِلا لِمَنْ يَعْبُد اللَّهَ، وَمَنْ عَبَدَ دُونَهُ إِلهاً فَهُوَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ.
Who carried this name
- ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 4515 (vol. 3, p. 505)