وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ ٩٩
And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.
رُفَيْدَة
Rufaida: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Rufayda
Female Companion“Little help, little support”, from the root of aid and giving
Rufaida in Islam
Rufayda al-Aslamiyya tended the wounded in Medina. When Saʿd ibn Muʿadh was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Trench, he was carried to her, and the Prophet ﷺ, passing by, asked him every evening and every morning how he was (al-Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad 1129). She is often described as the first nurse in Islam.
Meaning of the name Rufaida
Rufayda is a diminutive formed on the root r-f-d, which expresses help and giving: rifd is the gift offered and the aid brought, rifada the band used to support a wound and, in Mecca, the office of feeding the pilgrims. The name thus means “little help, little support”, with a note of tenderness. It is given in memory of Rufayda al-Aslamiyya, who tended the wounded in Medina.
- In Arabic
- رُفَيْدَة رفيدة
- Transliteration
- Rufayda
- Root
- ر ف د · 2 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Rufaida in the Quran?
The name Rufaida does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ر ف د) occurs 2 times. Examples:
All the words of the root ر ف د in the Quran (2 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Not graded
Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1129
Mahmud ibn Labid said, "When Sa'd's eye was gravely wounded in the Battle of the Ditch, they moved him to the house of a woman called Rufayda who used to treat the wounded. When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by him, he would inquire, 'How are you this evening?' and in…
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْغَسِيلِ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا أُصِيبَ أَكْحُلُ سَعْدٍ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ فَثَقُلَ، حَوَّلُوهُ عِنْدَ امْرَأَةٍ…
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Rufaida in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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Writing Rufaida in each language
- French
- Roufaïda, Rufayda, Roufaida, Rufaida
- English
- Rufaida, Rufaydah, Rufayda
- Spanish
- Rufayda, Rufaida
- Turkish
- Rüfeyde, Rufeyde
- Arabic
- رُفَيْدَة