Walhan
ولهانIn Arabic
- Meaning
- A devil said to unsettle a person's ablution
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Al-Walahan, Walahan
Islamic naming guidance
- Discouraged
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Linked to a devil or evil spirit: disliked
Tirmidhi 57 (Ubayy ibn Ka'b) says ablution has a devil called al-Walahan, but the chain is graded very weak (al-Albani, Zubair Ali Zai). Unlike Khinzab it is not in Muslim, so the basis is thin.
Confidence: low
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