Hakim
حكيمIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Wise
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Hakeem, Hakem, Hakime
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Hakim without 'al-' is allowed when it is not meant as the divine name; the IslamQA fatwa cites the companion Hakim ibn Hizam. 'Al-Hakim' is for Allah alone.
Confidence: high
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