فَارِس
Boy Arabic origin Fāris
“The horseman”, a skilled and brave rider
The word is not in the Quran. In the sense of “Persia”, it occurs in a saying of the Prophet ﷺ: “If religion were at the Pleiades, a man from Faris — or from the sons of Faris — would go and fetch it” (Muslim 2546); this has been seen as foretelling the great scholars from Persia.
Faris is one who rides a horse (faras) skilfully, the horseman, and by extension the brave and noble knight; the root f-r-s is also that of perspicacity (firasa). Faris is also the Arabic name of Persia and its people. The name is very common in Algeria and Tunisia (Farès), the Middle East and the Gulf.
No: neither the name Faris nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ عِنْدَ الثُّرَيَّا لَذَهَبَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ فَارِسَ - أَوْ قَالَ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ فَارِسَ - حَتَّى يَتَنَاوَلَهُ "
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Faris in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
