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Abdelhakam
عبد الحكمIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Servant of the Judge (al-Hakam)
- About the name
- The historian Ibn Abd al-Hakam (801-871) of Fustat, Egypt, was "the son of Abd al-Hakam"; he wrote a history of the conquest of Egypt, North Africa and al-Andalus.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Abd al-Hakam, Abdelhakem, Abdul Hakam, Abdulhakam
Islamic naming guidance
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Al-Hakam is a name the texts give to Allah: in a hadith in Abu Dawud the Prophet says that judgement belongs to Allah and changes a man's nickname Abu al-Hakam to Abu Shurayh. The servant-name 'Abd al-Hakam is built on that name.
Confidence: high
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