Harb
حربIn Arabic
- Meaning
- War
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Islamic naming guidance
- Discouraged
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Harmful or shameful meaning: disliked
Abu Dawud 4950 calls Harb and Murra the worst names (and Harith and Hammam the truest). Al-Albani graded the report sound apart from its opening phrase; Zubair Ali Zai calls the chain weak but supported, which is why it is flagged. Abu Dawud 4956 also lists Harb among the names the Prophet changed (to Silm), in a list given without chains.
Confidence: medium
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