The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Al-Hameed الحميد

The Praiseworthy in His essence, names, attributes and actions; all creation speaks His praise.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 92 ↗

Evidence

﴿قَالُوٓاْ أَتَعۡجَبِينَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۖ رَحۡمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدࣱ مَّجِيدࣱ ۝٧٣﴾
Hud 73
﴿۞يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلۡفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۖ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ ٱلۡحَمِيدُ ۝١٥﴾
Fatir 15

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Prophetic Sunnah

The Abrahamic prayer in the tashahhud

«اللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد، كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم، إنك حميد مجيد»

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Grading: Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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