Suhayb ibn Sinan, an Arab carried off as a child by the Byzantines and raised among them, hence his surname al-Rumi, was one of the first Muslims of Mecca, persecuted for his faith, and later emigrated to Medina. He reported this hadith: “How amazing is the affair of the believer! All of it is good for him: if good befalls him he gives thanks, and if harm befalls him he is patient” (Muslim 2999).
Suhayb is the diminutive of ashab, an adjective from the root s-h-b denoting a colour in which red blends with fair (suhba): al-Jawhari explains it as reddish-blond hair, and a camel whose white coat had a reddish tinge was called ashab. The name therefore means “the little one with a ruddy complexion or red hair”, with the tenderness of the diminutive. It owes its spread to the Companion Suhayb al-Rumi.
In Arabic
صُهَيْبصهيب
Transliteration
Ṣuhayb
Root
ص ه ب
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Is Suhaib in the Quran?
No: neither the name Suhaib nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
"How astonishing the believer's affair is! Indeed, all of his affairs are good, and this is for none but the believer. If something good happens to him, he is grateful, which is good for him; and if something bad happens to him, he shows patience, which is good for him."
