هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ ٦٠
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
حَسَّان
Hassaan: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Ḥassān
Companion“Very handsome”, one who does good in abundance
Hassaan in Islam
Hassan ibn Thabit, an Ansari of the Khazraj tribe, was the poet of the Prophet ﷺ: he answered in verse the poets of Quraysh who attacked Islam. The Prophet ﷺ told him: “Satirise them, and Jibril is with you” (al-Bukhari 3213), and prayed for him: “O Allah, support him with the Holy Spirit” (al-Bukhari 6152).
Meaning of the name Hassaan
Hassan (Hassaan) is an intensive form of the root ḥ-s-n of beauty and goodness (ḥusn, iḥsan): “very handsome”, “one who beautifies, who does much good”. Arab grammarians debated its root — ḥ-s-n or, for some, ḥ-s-s (“to feel”) — but most connect it with ḥusn. It belongs to the same family as Hasan, Husayn and Ihsan, but it is a distinct name, with a doubled s and a long a, which is why it is often spelled Hassaan in English.
- In Arabic
- حَسَّان حسان
- Transliteration
- Ḥassān
- Root
- ح س ن · 194 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Hassaan in the Quran?
The name Hassaan does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ح س ن) occurs 194 times. Examples:
وَأَنفِقُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا۟ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى ٱلتَّهْلُكَةِ وَأَحْسِنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٩٥
And spend in the way of Allāh and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٩٠
Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.
All the words of the root ح س ن in the Quran (194 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3213
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Hassan, "Lampoon them (i.e. the pagans) and Gabriel is with you."
اهْجُهُمْ ـ أَوْ هَاجِهِمْ ـ وَجِبْرِيلُ مَعَكَ "
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6152
that he heard Hassan bin Thabit Al-Ansari asking the witness of Abu Huraira, saying, "O Abu- Huraira! I beseech you by Allah (to tell me). Did you hear Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying' 'O Hassan ! Reply on behalf of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). O Allah ! Support him (Hassan) with the Holy Spirit…
يَا حَسَّانُ أَجِبْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ أَيِّدْهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ ". قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ نَعَمْ.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Hassaan 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.
Writing Hassaan in each language
- French
- Hassane, Hassân
- English
- Hassaan, Hasaan
- Spanish
- Hassán, Hassaan
- Turkish
- Hassan, Hassân
- Arabic
- حَسَّان
Similar names
Same root (ح س ن)
- Hasanحَسَن “Beautiful, good”: what is fine and right
- Husaynحُسَيْن “The little handsome one”, diminutive of Hasan
- Ihsanإِحْسَان “Excellence, beneficence”: doing well, and doing good