The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · From the Prophetic Sunnah

Al-Jawaad الجواد

The Most Bountiful, abundant in favor, kindness and giving.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sifat Allah 'Azza wa Jall al-Waridah fi al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — 'Alawi ibn 'Abd al-Qadir as-Saqqaf (Dorar.net) — p. 119 ↗

Evidence

«إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَوَادٌ يُحِبُّ الجُودَ»
Abu Nu'aym in al-Hilyah; graded authentic by al-Albani in Sahih al-Jami' (1740)

Call upon Allah by this name

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

Example for practice
اللهم إنك جواد تحب الجود، فجُد عليّ من فضلك، واجعلني جوادًا بالخير

O Allah, You are Bountiful and love generosity; be generous to me from Your bounty, and make me generous with good.

An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).

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