Recommended Muslim names (Mustahabb)

The names (qualities) that indicates servitude to Allah (S.W.T) and names that musn't be used.

A muslim name that has the first word "Abd" meaning "slave" followed by any Name of Allah (the 99 names/traits/attributes of Allah) can be used. This indicates servitude to Allah, one or more example of name that can be used is Abd al-Ilaah which means 'slave of the One True Lord', Abd al-'Alim 'servant of The Knower of All', Abd Al-Bari' 'slave of The Maker of Order, Abd Al-Fattah, Abd al-Malik, etc. However, probably the best names are 'Abd-Allah' (the slave of Allah) and 'Abd al-Rahmaan' (the slave of the Rahmaan) as it was reported that the Prophet (S.A.W) has said: "The most beloved of names to Allah is an 'Abd' in front of it (Abd-Allah) and 'Abd al-Rahmaan." (Saheeh Muslim '1398')

Now it is forbidden to use a name which is not known to be from the Perfect Names/Attributes of Allah , like for eg: Abd al-Mawjood meaning 'the slave of the Present One', Abd al-Sattar, etc. This is so because Allah's Names cannot be confirmed without the authentic text from the Qur'an or the Sunnah. By doing this, we would end up giving Names to Allah, which are not affirmed for Him. Another thing is that it is Makrooh to use any word with the name of Allah except 'Abd', like 'Rahmat Allah' meaning the Blessings of Allah.


Source: Names that indicate servitude to Allah; recommended names (Mustahabb). I somewhat modified this by fitting it into my own writing style.. or something :). Anyway essalamualaykum.