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Meaning of Harib. Is this an Islamic name?

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Harib is an Arabic word that means "war-wager", one who engages in or starts wars with others. This word is disliked by scholars to be used as a name because all names that have the H6-R-B root ("war") are considered bad names. This is due to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated by Abu Dawood and al-Baihaqi, that says the most disliked names to Allah are Harb ("war") and Murrah ("bitter"). For this reason, even though H6-R-B is a Quranic root, we do not include this name in our list and we advise that you shouldn't use it.

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